Supermarkets are stacking up on electric charging points. The number of electric vehicle charge points at supermarkets has increased by a third (34%) in the last 18 months, according to new data analysed by Zapmap and the RAC. Between January 2024 and June 2025, UK supermarkets added 1,001 EV charge points at 260 locations, with the total number of … [Read more...]
Car regs growth is essential
The end of Summer typically brings a quieter period for the UK’s new car and LCV markets as buyers anticipate the September plate change, writes Mike Hawes, CEO Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.. Given the tough economic and consumer environment that has impacted markets this year, August’s slight -2.0% decline in new car registrations – and a … [Read more...]
Newslines 9 September
The government’s long-awaited proposal to lower the drink-drive limit in England and Wales is a welcome and overdue move, according to Hunter Abbott, Managing Director of AlcoSense Laboratories and member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. Labour plans to reduce the legal limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood (0.80‰ BAC) to … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Polestar 3 LR DM
When you discover your car’s glovebox can only be opened by an electric switch you realise you’re driving something a bit different, a bit special and out of the ordinary. The discovery was made as we sat transfixed by the sheer complexity of the Polestar 3’s infotainment and driving display contained in a 14.5-inch laptop-like portrait screen in the centre … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 September
Škoda is set to deliver a double bonus for customers with the addition of a new long-range model to the award-winning Elroq line-up along with official confirmation of models eligible for the Band 2 £1,500 UK Government’s Electric Car Grant (ECG). To further maximise value for buyers, Škoda is introducing a new model to the Elroq line-up that allows buyers … [Read more...]
Clean Air Zones & what they mean for you
Electric vehicles will have to pay to enter Greater London for the first time from the end of this year. The air of change over London is slowly but surely sweeping across Britain and motorists need to understand and be ready to pay to drive on our busiest roads over coming years. The capital’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone was the country’s first 24/ 7 Clean … [Read more...]
Wales’ worst August car regs in UK
Welsh car dealers suffered the biggest drop in new car registrations across Britain. Latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturer and Traders showed a 17.62% fall in registrations in Wales, down to 2,483 new cars in August. Nationally, the decline was 2.0% in August to a total of 82,908 units on the eve of the new plate appearing. Wales top … [Read more...]
Tradelines 3 September
Average pump prices fell by less than a penny in August ending two months of rises, says RAC Fuel Watch. The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol dropped by just 0.39p in the month, from 135.03p at the start to 134.64p on 31 August, with diesel down by 0.72p, from 142.92p to 142.2p at the end of the month. Supermarket price reductions were similarly … [Read more...]
Electroverse & Visa team up for ev business
Octopus Energy’s electric vehicle charging platform, Electroverse, has teamed up with Visa to launch Electroverse’s ‘Business Payments Card’, making it easier for fleets to pay, track and save on the move. Powered by Visa Fleet 2.0 and available for fleets in the UK for the very first time, Electroverse is the first business to bring this next-generation … [Read more...]
Petrol & diesel preferred by existing owners
Current owners of petrol or diesel cars plan on sticking with the internal combustion engine for the next nine years on average, they told researchers. When almost 1,300 British motorists who currently drive a petrol or diesel car were questioned by SUSTAIN, six in 10, (59%) planned to keep an internal combustion engine car going as long as possible. On … [Read more...]
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