In terms of facilitating a transition to electric vehicles in the UK, yesterday’s budget was something of a curate’s egg. As we’ve mentioned elsewhere, there was widespread disappointment among environmental and health groups that fuel duty was held back yet again but what was done to encourage a move away from the internal combustion engine?
The UK’s first female chancellor of the exchequer has delivered her first Budget since taking office on 4 July. While much of Rachel Reeves’ first Budget was either broadly in line with expectations, or had been announced early, a move criticised by the deputy speaker of the house, there were some new announcements and significant
In a bid to encourage more electric car sales, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has launched two EV incentives in the Labour Government's first budget. In the Labour Government's first budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced two new incentives to encourage more Brits to make the switch to an electric car. Whilst many drivers will remember the October Budget for the sharp rise
Audi is launching a new A3 Sportback plug-in hybrid, delivering a huge 88 miles of all-electric range and qualifying for 5% Benefit-in-Kind. On sale from November priced from £39,150, the new plug-in hybrid version more than doubles the electric range of the previous model, thanks to a new higher-capacity 25.7kWh battery, while also now delivering
The new bike rack is a real breakthrough. Auxtail’s founder and a former designer at Nissan, Craig Broadbent, explained: “Electric cars are range sensitive and wind resistance consumes roughly half of their battery’s energy. Carrying loads on the roof seriously limits their range so it makes sense to carry bikes at the rear. The thing
Intro The Kia EV3, a £32,995 new electric crossover that’s Volkswagen Golf-sized in its footprint, is exactly the kind of car that buyers could default to in the electric car era as they have done to the Golf in the combustion one. The EV3 gets to near price and spec parity with a 2.0
A real-world range test has shown what distance a driver should expect to cover from a fully-charged battery on some of the latest electric vehicles (EVs). The most efficient new car in the test, conducted by What Car?, was the Tesla Model 3 RWD, which averaged 4.4 miles per kWh. The least efficient, the Audi
Norway, one of the world's largest exporters of oil, now has more electric cars on its roads than petrol-driven vehicles. Of the 2.8 million private cars registered there, 754,303 are now all-electric, compared with 753,905 that run on petrol, according to new figures from the Norwegian Road Federation. The Nordic country of 5.5 million
Used EV sales are growing fast, with buyers attracted by second-hand value, improved battery longevity, low running costs and the way they drive Used car EV sales are growing faster than new EV sales right now and it’s easy to see why, since electric cars tend to lose their value pretty
The first electric Rolls-Royce in the modern era is as vast as it is luxurious, with a quiet ride and boundless options for customisation, but falls short of perfection The Spectre is a car that needs very little explanation: it’s a Rolls-Royce that also happens to be electric. Although lacking the usual V12 engine, it