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Given that car retail showrooms have been in lockdown for the last few weeks it won’t be a surprise to learn that UK car sales are down in April 2020. But nobody predicted an almost complete wipeout. The headline figures: total registrations of 4,321 compared to 161,064 in the same month 2019. That’s a 97.3% … Read more
Now we’re not expecting anyone to vote for a party just because of their policies on electric vehicles and electricity generation/charging. But we think it’s important, so here’s the lowdown – the manifesto statements from each main party for the 2019 election relating to EVs and zero-emissions transportation. Of especial interest to those planning to … Read more
Fleet management and police-vehicle maintenance company Venson has released a survey on motorists’ opinions about EVs. The key findings are below. 69% were concerned about a lack of EV charging points across the UK* 57% reported limited range was still a barrier when considering an EV. 86% of motorists surveyed said that a ‘lack of … Read more
Nottingham City Council is set to open its own electric vehicle service centre – believed to be the first in the UK run by a local authority. Nottingham Electric Vehicle Services (NEVS) will offer MOTs and servicing to customers across the city and beyond, as well as maintaining the council’s own growing ultra-low (ULEV) emission … Read more
Overview This blog article provides a brief introduction to grid challenges facing incumbent suppliers. Future articles will explore these subjects separately in detail. In most countries (certainly in the UK) the electricity grid is based around large-scale technologies and isn’t sufficiently distributed with the smaller scale solutions that will be needed to support the growth … Read more
The Crossover Point In the not-very-distant future it will be cheaper to buy an electric car than an equivalent petrol or diesel. That’s without subsidies. Analysts call this the crossover point. Every year EV battery costs decrease, while the capacity increases. In 2010 batteries cost $1000 per kwH, but only 6 years later the cost … Read more
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