Wales is lagging behind the rest of Britain with the lowest number of electric vehicle charging points, say Welsh Conservatives who have urged the Labour controlled Government to boost the network. Figures show Wales has just under 1,000 charging points across the country – some 20,000 less than England and more than 1,600 less than Scotland. Department of Transport data shows Wales has a total … [Read more...]
Chinese electric vans heading to UK next year
Two Chinese electric van brands will go on sale in Britain early next year with five year warranties. DFSK and Skywell models will be imported by Innovation Automotive, based in the Cotswolds, and CEO is Paul Brigden, formerly Operations Director of Mitsubishi Motors UK headquartered in Cirencester. The vehicles will be imported through Portbury, Bristol docks but the number of jobs being … [Read more...]
Full throttle drive to boost evs and manufacturing jobs
Car makers have called for millions of new charging points to be installed in Britain and for Government help towards building enormous factories to manufacture traction batteries for new cars if the UK is to hit its low and zero emissions goals. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ambitious plan, ‘Full Throttle: Driving UK Automotive Competitiveness’, is intended secure the future of … [Read more...]
Real range of EVs tested with surprising results
A new report from sustainable mobility specialist Arval UK revealed the real-world ranges that fleet operators can expect when they adopt electric vans. The real-world range figures in the eLCVs – Electric fleet transition powered by real-world data report from Arval helps fleets to plan with confidence when running battery-electric commercial vehicles. Until now, independent real-world data on … [Read more...]
Buyers looking for more used evs, says AA Cars
Interest in used electric vehicles rose by almost 20% in 2020, despite the pandemic and the closure of car dealerships during lockdown periods, new analysis by AA Cars, the AA’s used car website, has revealed. Searches for EVs on the AA Cars platform have been growing steadily year after year, increasing 47 times (4,623%) since 2015. Interest in electric cars grew by 18.85% year-on-year in … [Read more...]
Welsh Government £30M boost for EV network
The move to electric transport will be boosted by a £30M five-year investment announced yesterday by the Welsh Government. It is putting up the money to encourage private investors and network providers to install more public charging points to meet concerns motorists expressed so far in a public consultation which ends in February 2021, An assessment of the current EV network has revealed a … [Read more...]
Tradelines 21 October
A 'dramatic shift' to electric power will soon be underway for UK businesses that operate vans, according to authoritative research from the Arval Mobility Observatory. When asked, half of respondents (50%) said that they were already operating hybrids or planned to do so within the next three years and for battery electric vans, 43% of respondents reported already operating them or planning to … [Read more...]