Starmer introduces 'flexibility' to zero emission vehicles deadlines08/04/2025 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 VED04/04/2025 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 clutter14/02/2025 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 era08/11/2024 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 freight26/09/2024 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 electrification07/03/2024 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 innovation16/06/2023 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 announcement30/03/2023 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 snub08/03/2023 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 time06/01/2023 Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) overtook those of petrol cars last month for the first time. |
DfT unveils EV roll-out strategy for England25/03/2022 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 charging24/05/2021 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 told28/10/2020 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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