Leasing Options looked at the UKs top EVs can drive the length of the nation in the shortest time and for the least money, if they were allowed to travel. The route starts at the tip of the UK at John o’ Groats, all the way down to the most southern point, Land’s End. Which is 837 miles, meaning that there will be stops along the way at charging stations. Key findings of the exercise: … [Read more...]
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Tradelines 13 January
From March 2021 production, all Citroën Grand C4 SpaceTourer PureTech 3-cylinder petrol automatic variants have CO2 emissions reduced by 3g/km. Efficiency gains lead to reduced road tax (VED) charges resulting in an overall on the road price reduction of £285, qualifying models will benefit from a new high-efficiency alternator and an enhanced battery and Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) taxation bands see … [Read more...]
Newslines 12 January
Tesla takes the prize for selling the most EVs at 370,000 a year, or 42 per hour. Norway sells 261% more EVs per population than any other country and recenetly saw evs overtake sales of ICE models, while 58% of all passenger vehicles sold will be electric by 2040, compared to just 2.7% today, according to analysis reported by Moneyshake. Animal-free products are being offered by some car … [Read more...]
BEVs boosted to over 200,000 on UK roads
It has been a landmark 12 months for electric cars, says the RAC. Despite the wider car industry suffering badly from the effects of the pandemic, 2020 was a landmark when it came to sales of battery electric vehicles with twice as many sold last year compared to the year before, and a total of more than 200,000 registered since 2010, shows analysis of SMMT figures by the RAC. December alone saw … [Read more...]
EVs on charge in collapsed UK market
The UK new car market fell almost a third last year with registrations dropping 29.4% to 1,631,064 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders today. A -10.9% decline in December wrapped up a turbulent year, which saw demand fall by 680,076 units over 12-months to the lowest level of registrations since 1992. Against a backdrop of Covid restrictions, an acceleration of … [Read more...]
Tradelines 6 January
Sales of electric cars have overtaken petrol and diesel in Norway. Tesla has also been knocked off the top spot by Volkswagen as BEVs collected 54.3% of registrations in 2020. As it eased into its second century, luxury Bentley sales soared to their highest ever despite the pandemic last year. The Crewe-based company saw 11,206 registrations around the world and the new Flying Spur was a major … [Read more...]
EV drivers pull plugs on diesel and petrol engines
A new poll of Zap-Map’s community of electric vehicle drivers has revealed more than 90% of drivers will not be replacing their current EV with a petrol and diesel vehicle. The results are strong evidence of the fundamental shift in consumer attitudes in favour of environmentally friendly cars. In the poll, which was carried out in November 2020 with over 2,000 respondents, 91% said “no thanks” … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 January
Revolution Campervans, which produces campers on new or used VW Transporters, has witnessed a noticeable trend in 2020 of customers buying them as somewhere to work from home and as a mobile office – then doubling as a base for camping adventures and staycations. One customer was Chris Edge (above), the operations director of a house building company near Swansea, bought his Revolution VW camper … [Read more...]
Christmas 2020 roadtest: Aston Martin DBX
Christmas cheer comes in the shape of the new Aston Martin DBX, writes Robin Roberts. Aston Martin is a survivor in a world of hard knocks and is now looking for a smoother ride with their latest DBX sports utility vehicle. After 100 years of making some of the most sought after sports cars in the world it has applied its knowledge to what it sees as a family car, albeit for a well off … [Read more...]
Newslines 22 December
The Welsh Government will allocate £20 Million next year for more cycleways. Its Active Travel investment is in addition to £274.7M for Transport for Wales rail and metro services. Public Health Wales said 352 cases of Covid-19 were identified at the DVLA centre at Swansea since September. Sixty-two cases have been identified at the call centre since the beginning of December … [Read more...]