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
The electric car market is more competitive than ever, with a vast and growing selection of battery-powered electric cars now battling for consumer attention. New government mandates came into force at the start of 2024, which stipulate that manufacturers now have a minimum electric car sales quota to meet. This has started to slowly lower
You’ll probably recall a news story from last month about the driver of a Jaguar I-Pace electric vehicle who claimed their car had accelerated to over 100mph on its own, forcing the police to box the vehicle in and physically force it off the road in order to bring it to a standstill.Very scary and
Fleet managers are increasingly having to counter scare stories about electric vehicles (EVs), with a flood of electric vehicle misinformation targeting the powertrain. It says that a handful of people in every organisation are seizing on electric vehicle misinformation stories and sharing them with other employees, putting fleet managers who are trying to electrify
One-in-10 UK supermarkets now offers access to EV charge points (electric vehicle), new analysis from Zapmap and the RAC shows.Supermarkets added more than 600 new charging locations in 2023 – a year-on-year increase of 59% - with devices now found at 1,616 stores, up from 1,015 in 2022, and 13% of all 12,839 UK supermarkets.Charger