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Ford, Renault question 2030 electric vehicle deadline
- 22/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
With the Labour Party pledging to bring the 2035 ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles forward to 2030, two major vehicles manufacturers have expressed doubts around going all-electric by the deadline. Ford had planned to ensure that 100% of its passenger vehicle range in Europe would be EV-capable by 2026, with a [...] -
Zero emission registrations up by 18%
- 16/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Research from The AA has revealed an 18% increase in the number of zero emission cars registered in the UK last year. It found that 314,000 zero tailpipe emission cars were registered in 2023, based on data from the Vehicle Licensing Statistics. In terms of total market share, this represents 16% of all new [...] -
ZEV mandate introduced into law
- 03/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The new ZEV mandate has come into law today in England, Wales and Scotland. It requires all new cars and vans to be zero emission by 2035. For 2024, 22% of all new UK car sales must be zero-emissions, with the percentage gradually rising each year. OEMs will be subject to a £15,000 penalty per non-compliant [...] -
Buyers cool on EVs amidst rising costs
- 16/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that more than a third of car buyers decided against an electric car because of the cost-of-living crisis. A survey of 2,525 UK drivers conducted by What Car? found that more than half (1,354) said they had either recently bought a new car or were actively in the market for a new model. [...] -
Boost for green jobs with new Fortescue site
- 13/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fortescue has delivered a major boost to jobs, manufacturing, and green energy in the United Kingdom with the opening of a new state-of-the-art technical innovation centre in Kidlington. The new site will be home to 300 highly skilled workers, with up to 50 more jobs to be created across the next year. It will [...] -
Government updates ZEV mandate
- 29/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK government has updated its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The ZEV mandate stipulates what percentage of cars and vans sold by vehicle manufacturers must be zero emission from next year onwards, with the percentage increasing year on year. The 2024 requirement for at least 22% of new cars and 10% of [...] -
Government urged to act to support private EV purchases
- 19/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Uptake of EVs has escalated 21-fold since 2018 with one sold every 60 seconds. They now account for 16% of all vehicles sold in the UK and this is expected to rise to 17.8% by the end of the year. But while personal owners drove uptake initially, fleets and business buyers now dominate the market with the [...] -
Government opens EV enquiry
- 04/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has opened its inquiry into electric vehicles. The inquiry is examining the importance of the decarbonisation of transport and transition to EVs to secure net zero targets. It seeks to understand how the government will achieve its upcoming 2030 and [...] -
Volta Trucks announces major distribution trial
- 23/08/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volta Trucks has announced that global transport and logistics company DSV is trialling its zero-emission trucks. The truck will be operating from DSV’s southern hub in Purfleet and will be completing last-mile groupage deliveries in London and the south east. The trial is part of the Volta Zero Driving [...] -
Volta Trucks unveils London hub
- 09/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
All-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks has opened its Truck as Service Hub in Tottenham, London. The Hub will provide everything a fleet operator needs to transition to electric trucks, and will also host admin offices, a Volta Trucks Academy Training centre and a customer call centre that will [...]