The race to end our reliance on petrol and diesel motors is accelerating. In just four years, electric vehicles’ share of new cars bought in the UK has shot up from 1.7% in 2019 to 16.5% in 2023. But there is still a long way to go to meet the target of eight in ten
Expert analysis shows prices on forecourts to be 8.5% lower for EVs; helping drive huge surge in used EV sales Values of used EVs have tanked since 2022, bringing prices lower than combustion equivalents Used premium models can be on par with new budget cars Great value to be had on popular models Increased supply
Energy regulator Ofgem has today (23 August) revealed that the price cap for the October – December period will rise by 10% to £1,717 for a typical household in the UK. The rise follows a decrease in the past two price cap announcements. For Q2 2024, it was set at £1,690, before decreasing further to
As cars zip down the M6 near Bedworth, Warwickshire, a large field alongside the motorway lies empty. With parched grass and dry mud as far as the eye can see, the field looks like typical farmland and has been used for growing crops in the past. But the owners of this land are embracing
Secondhand electric vehicle (EV) sales helped the UK’s used car market grow for the sixth successive quarter, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show. Used battery electric vehicles (BEVs) recorded a 52.6% increase in sales, reaching a record market share of 2.4%. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and hybrids (HEVs) also
Solar panel installations tripled in the UK thanks to incentives, analysis shows. It’s election year in Europe, and with it come big promises - including help for voters in greening their homes. The Labour Party’s UK victory heralds a new era for climate action with a “rooftop revolution” aiming to triple solar power in the
Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years An abiding memory of a day in August 2010, the first time my solar panels were connected to the grid, was of the builders downing tools and
A Ford Mustang Mach-E has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an electric vehicle (EV) without stopping to charge. Although Ford only claims a range of 373 miles from the Mach-E’s 91kWh battery, a British team drove the car 569.64 miles through the east of England on a single charge.
Using a range of machine-learning techniques, a group of scientists found that PV systems can significantly increase the value of a property in the United Kingdom. The analysis was based on property data from Zoopla, one of the leading providers of UK property listings, and price paid data sourced from the government’s Land Registry from
The UK Government plans to simplify the rules for building solar farms and wind turbines by raising the thresholds for stricter planning review The UK Government is planning to change the rules to make it easier to build solar farms and wind turbines. They want to raise the limits for when these projects need a