Calls for more regulation as lithium-ion battery fires increase05/09/2024 New research has found that last year UK fire services attended almost three fires a day linked to lithium-ion batteries, which are now common in electric vehicles, bikes and scooters. |
Grey-Thompson calls for accessible EV transition04/09/2024 One of the UK's greatest paralympic athletes, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, has called for planning around the transition to electric vehicles to take account of accessibility issues. |
Patchy mobile signal could leave drivers empty at the EV pump08/04/2024 Britain’s patchy phone signal coverage means drivers of electric vehicles could fail to ‘fill up’ at thousands of chargepoints, new research has found. |
Autumn Statement: Planning system to prioritise EV charging22/11/2023 The Autumn Statement gave a major boost to the electric vehicle (EV) market with £2bn of investment and a pledge to reform the planning system to prioritise the roll-out of charge points. |
Definitely EV: Manchester charging 'Oasis' plans unveiled06/07/2023 Manchester City Council has given the green light to the city's first large-scale green charging ‘Oasis’ for electric vehicles. |
Exclusive: National Highways commissions research over EV crash barrier concerns09/02/2023 Highways can reveal industry concerns over the ability of standard crash barriers to protect drivers in much heavier modern electric vehicles, prompting National Highways to commission research in this area. |
Public EV network under pressure from electricity price rise09/01/2023 RAC and FairCharge have called on the Government to slash the VAT rate at public electric vehicle chargers after new data showed costs of rapid and ultra-rapid chargers have risen by around 50% since May. |
End of EV grant 'could stifle take-up'15/06/2022 Ministers have announced the end of the plug-in car grant to new orders, which it said was to allow £300m to be refocused towards extending grants for other plug-in vehicles. |
Shapps launches £10m pilot EV charging fund01/04/2022 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has written to local authority chief executives to launch a pilot £10m competitive bidding scheme to boost local electric vehicle infrastructure. |
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Going electric: key consumer trends in electric vehicles26/01/2021 Electric vehicles are on the march, says Archie MacPherson, managing director of The Pilot Group. |
Tipping point: Alternative fuels outsell diesels16/09/2020 For the first time in the modern era, alternative fuel cars have outsold diesels. |
Ministers set to announce £6k scrappage cash to boost EV switch08/06/2020 Drivers will be given up to £6,000 to swap their petrol or diesel cars for electric ones, according to reports. |
Shapps suggests electric cars could 'pave the way for 80mph limit'03/10/2019 Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that he is exploring the possibility of increasing the speed limit on motorways as drivers begin to switch to electric vehicles. |
Making the switch to electric: A soft top lover's story19/08/2019 Sophie Service tells of her somewhat intermittent but ultimately successful search for a cabriolet electric car that she could afford. |
Dyson unveils £120m 10-mile electric car test track plan30/08/2018 Dyson has announced plans for a further £120m investment in Wiltshire, which would bring a 10-mile track to the electric car testing ground at Hullavington. |
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