Despite the UK Government's £5,000 subsidy to each buyer of an electric powered new car sales have been underwhelming. Up until the end of 2011 only 1,082 electric cars were sold last year and there are only 2,149 electric cars which have gone onto our roads since 2006. According to official figures published at the end of last year there were 2,500 UK charging points available, not counting … [Read more...]