Fleets should consider driver training to counter the high level of tyre wear being reported on electric vehicles, suggest analysts at FleetCheck. The fleet software specialist says the additional weight and performance of EVs means that employees who drive company cars more aggressively are getting through sets of tyres much more quickly than would be expected. Peter Golding, managing director, … [Read more...]
UK specialists’ EV technology & weight challenge
In just nine years all new cars sold in the UK will have to be fully electric, or in some cases still to be clarified, hybrid. But where does that leave the specialist car companies of Britain, who have shaped a disproportionately large part of our nation’s automotive identity? Electrification poses a number of challenges for makers of specialist cars, most notably the weight and cost of the … [Read more...]