Can EV adoption power through the remaining roadblocks?

Michael Holder
clock • 9 min read
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Electric vehicles now account for more than a quarter of all new car sales in the UK, yet upfront costs, charging accessibility, and misinformation remain major barriers to mass adoption

The road has not yet been cleared for the majority of UK drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles (EVs), with fears over the upfront cost of a new zero emission models, uneven access to charging...

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