Over 100,000 battery electric vehicles sold between January and April Sales of electric vehicles have got off to a record start this year, the latest sign that British consumers are shifting their preferences towards greener modes of transport. There were more than 100,000 battery electric vehicles sold between January and April, the earliest in the
Has the recent dip in UK electric vehicle sales put the brakes on the transition to EV? There was surprise in many quarters when the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced registrations of new electric vehicle sales dropped from 16.2% in March 2023 to 15.2% in March this year. But the figures
Pallavi Sethi explains the basis for complaining to the Independent Press Standards Organisation about the newspaper’s piece on electric vehicles misrepresented in a report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance and why such reporting continues to damage the British public’s understanding of climate change policies. In yet another instance of British newspapers promoting misinformation about
Used electric vehicles (EVs), on average, are selling faster than petrol or diesel vehicles, according to digital remarketing firm Motom. The digital marketplace examined data over the past four months and found that EVs sell in 17 hours and one minute, which is one hour and 15 minutes faster than internal combustion engine (ICE)
EVs drive down carbon emissions and lift vehicle ownership to record high Number of vehicles on UK roads reaches record 41.4 million in 2023, with car ownership up 1.6% to 35,694,845 units. The average car in use saw CO2 emissions decline by -2.1%, notably thanks to incentivised investment by business fleets into EVs. One in
As homeowners invest in solar panels, EV chargers, heat pumps and batteries, many are finding that home electricity gadgets can be addictive. When Kevin Wood’s local utility started offering customers money in exchange for using less electricity, the father of one had a battle on his hands. Wood, who lives in Hampshire in southern England,
Britain is better suited for a switch to electric cars than any of our European neighbours. Two-thirds of UK fleet cars and vans could swap to electric and save money EVs could save public and private organisations almost £1m over seven years 19 million+ metric tons of CO2 emissions would be avoided over same period
Research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that green UK households which use heat pumps and electric vehicles (EVs) use less imported energy. A typical household using a gas boiler and petrol car will be dependent on imports for almost 70% of its energy, equivalent to 17MWh a year. A home
I’m contemplating an electric car but am worried about long range EV as I do a lot of driving for work – are they worth it for longer distance? The short answer is yes, absolutely. The longer answer is that there are developments happening constantly in the electric vehicle (EV) world and recently there’s been
One of the latest arguments against the Electric Vehicle market, at least in the U.K., is that they aren’t selling well because they are only being purchased by fleet customers. Industry data in 2023 showed that 76% of BEV sales were to fleets, and only 24% to private buyers. However, this could be a misunderstanding