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Starmer introduces 'flexibility' to zero emission vehicles deadlines

08/04/2025

The prime minister has announced new measures to ease the pressure on car manufacturers to meet the Government's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate rules, including allowing hybrid cars to be sold until 2035 instead of the earlier 2030 deadline.

EVs are no longer exempt from VED

04/04/2025

From 1 April this week, zero emission vehicles were no longer exempt from paying Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), helping stem some of the Treasury losses from the move to electric vehicle technology.

Brum looks to lamppost charge points to cut clutter

14/02/2025

Birmingham City Council has announced the launch of a major project to expand the city’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

DfT says 2030 phase-out consultation is 'how, not if'

24/12/2024

The Department for Transport has launched a consultation on how to restore the 2030 phase-out date for new purely petrol and diesel cars.

Risk aversion and disparities 'blocking EV transition'

26/11/2024

The transition to electric vehicles will not succeed unless disparities over the availability and cost of charging are addressed, a senior MP has said.

Bridging the gap: Funding UK roads in the EV era

08/11/2024

Dr Alistair Hunter, UKIMEA roads and streets business leader at Arup, asks: what happens when Fuel Duty dries up?

Research identifies 'hot spots' for zero emission freight

26/09/2024

A new report commissioned by Transport Scotland has identified 'hot spots' where electric charging infrastructure is needed to support zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

'Fuel Duty to rise, but pay-per-mile needed'

29/08/2024

The RAC has accepted that the Government has ‘no option’ but to reverse the Tories’ 5p per litre cut in Fuel Duty in the Autumn Budget, but called for the tax to be replaced by a pay-per-mile system ‘as soon as possible’.

Q&A: Challenges and opportunities for SRN electrification

07/03/2024

In the run-up to Evex, the EV charging conference co-located with Traffex, Highways speaks to Liz Garlinge, strategic customer projects director at National Highways about the challenges and opportunities for SRN electrification.

Concrete roads 'better for the extra weight of EVs'

29/06/2023

Data showing that damage from electric cars could be twice that of petrol vehicles means that a more robust road surface is required, manufacturers of concrete roads have said.

A grand day out with Econ's electric innovation

16/06/2023

Chris Ames takes a trip around Harrogate in Econ Engineering's new electric multi-purpose highway maintenance HGV truck.

DfT shaves local funding from £400m charge point announcement

30/03/2023

Ministers appear to have cut Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding to local authorities by tens of millions over the next two years.

Sparks fly over Hunt's road pricing snub

08/03/2023

The Transport Select Committee has slammed Treasury ministers for failing to engage with its report last year on road pricing, in which it warned that the Government risks losing billions if it does not explore new forms of road taxation.

Christmas EV queues 'show inadequacy of charging network'

09/01/2023

The trade association for contractors and suppliers for concrete roads has called for a shift in the strategy for charging electric vehicles (EVs) towards wireless charging by concrete ‘eRoads’.

EV sales overtake petrol for the first time

06/01/2023

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) overtook those of petrol cars last month for the first time.

DfT unveils EV roll-out strategy for England

25/03/2022

The Department for Transport has unveiled a national strategy for expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in England with the target of reaching at least 300,000 public chargepoints by 2030.

Ofgem announces £300m boost to support EV charging

24/05/2021

Ofgem has announced funding for 1,750 new charge points for electric vehicles (EVs), allocating £300m to 204 net zero projects across England, Scotland and Wales.

EV charging plans 'won't be enough'

03/02/2021

The UK needs to install public electric vehicle chargepoints five times faster than the current rate and spend up to eight times more, or £10bn by 2030, a think tank has said.

Sunak 'considers road pricing to plug tax gap'

16/11/2020

The chancellor is reportedly considering introducing road pricing to address a tax shortfall of up to £40bn that is expected to arise as drivers switch to electric cars.

Transport and energy must be planned together, councils told

28/10/2020

Councils have been urged to start developing local energy plans bringing transport and energy strategies together to support the expansion of electric vehicles.

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