Car firms' advertising spend for EVs fell in 2017

Madeleine Cuff
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Manufacturers spent 32 per cent less in 2017 on advertising electric vehicles than a year earlier

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) may be on the up in the UK, but the amount of cash car companies are spending to promote them is falling, according to data obtained by the green transport campaign group...

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