Survey suggests pay-per-mile road tax damaging drivers faith in EVs
According to a poll of 12,000 drivers by the AA and electric car website Electrifying.com, most petrol or diesel car owners believe a switch to electric will not save them money. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is largely to blame, suggests the survey, due to her intention to levy a per-mile tax on zero-emission vehicles, according to […]
Suffolk County Council and Believ install first LEVI-funded charge point
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge point operator (CPO) Believ has installed the first of thousands of planned public EV charge points across Suffolk as part of the council’s Plug in Suffolk Project – a programme designed to accelerate the county’s transition to sustainable transport. The project uses £5.3 million government funding through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) scheme. This funding is administered through […]
EV discounts won’t close the confidence gap, says industry expert
New data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has highlighted a growing gap between consumer demand for electric vehicles and the government’s ambitions under the Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Mandate. As manufacturers continue to lean on heavy price incentives to drive uptake, there’s mounting evidence that cost alone won’t increase EV adoption at […]
Ayvens embraces Hitachi’s ZeroCarbon BatteryManager to boost EV fleet growth
Hitachi ZeroCarbon has today announced it has strengthened its partnership with Ayvens, the global mobility provider specialising in leasing and fleet management services, to pilot the ZeroCarbon BatteryManager solution within its company fleet and a number of clients. The project, undertaken over three months, will track the performance and health of large batches of electric […]
DfT announces changes to electric van rules
The Department for Transport has set out new proposals on electric vans, following a consultation on regulations Transport + Energy reports that the main proposals include transferring zero-emission vans (ZEGVs) with a weight of 3.5 tonnes to 4.25 tonnes away from the heavy vehicle testing system and into the MOT network – with the tests […]
London EV tax ‘will be devastating for car clubs’
London’s car clubs face a significant fall in the number of EVs in their fleets if Transport for London (TfL) presses ahead with plans to levy the congestion charge on them next year, an industry leader has warned. Richard Dilks, chief executive of shared transport trade body CoMoUK, which represents car clubs, told the Standard the planned axeing of the […]
Electric Vehicles: BYD UK sales increase by 880%
Chinese EV-maker BYD says the UK has become its biggest market outside China, after its sales there surged by 880% in September compared to a year earlier. The company says it sold 11,271 cars in the UK last month, with the plug-in hybrid version of its Seal U sports utility vehicle (SUV) accounting for the […]
EV transporter fire closes M5 in Devon
The M5 in Devon has fully reopened after a major incident was declared by emergency services when a lorry carrying electric vehicles caught fire. The motorway was shut in both directions on Wednesday for several hours, says the BBC, between junctions 28 and 29. The northbound carriageway reopened the following morning, with the southbound carriageway following suit […]
Zero-emission bus manufacturing: Cross-government, collective approach advocated
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop, joined an extraordinary meeting of the UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel to discuss a collective approach to the future pipeline of zero emission bus orders, along with opportunities for social value, which could support the UK bus manufacturing sector. The session, chaired by the UK Minister for Local […]
Abolition of London Congestion Charge EV exemption to generate £75m per year
Electric vehicles will be liable to pay the London Congestion Charge after the Christmas holidays and it has been revealed that the proposed change will raise over £75 million per year. A Freedom of Information request submitted to Transport for London by Auto Express found that the removal of the EV exemption to the Congestion […]