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'The ZEV mandate is working': Electric vehicles top 17 per cent market share in May

Automotive

'The ZEV mandate is working': Electric vehicles top 17 per cent market share in May

Industry needs to sell only 1,800 more EVs a month during the second half of the year meet Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate targets, new analysis suggests

clock 05 June 2024 • 5 min read
'No-brainer climate policy': Charities call for state-backed EV leasing scheme for care workers

Automotive

'No-brainer climate policy': Charities call for state-backed EV leasing scheme for care workers

Proposed scheme touted as a 'win-win-win for social care, the climate, the economy, and for social justice'

clock 02 April 2024 • 3 min read
How reports of slowing electric vehicle sales have been greatly exaggerated

Automotive

How reports of slowing electric vehicle sales have been greatly exaggerated

Global battery EV sales have surged past 10 million over the past 12 months, with rapid growth in emerging markets such as India and Turkey

clock 02 April 2024 • 6 min read
Report: Number of EVs on UK roads set to reach 1.24 million in 2024

Automotive

Report: Number of EVs on UK roads set to reach 1.24 million in 2024

New Automotive report predicts surge in growth for EV sales in 2024, in large part driven by recently-introduced Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate

clock 22 March 2024 • 4 min read
'Selling like hot cakes': 1-in-5 cars sold in August fully electric

Policy

'Selling like hot cakes': 1-in-5 cars sold in August fully electric

Latest figures from New AutoMotive's Electric Car Count reveal number of electric cars registered in August up 77 per cent year-on-year

clock 05 September 2023 • 5 min read
'Still a work in progress': UK on track to meet EV charging rollout targets, but barriers remain

Transport

'Still a work in progress': UK on track to meet EV charging rollout targets, but barriers remain

New report suggests government's Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) is key to driving EV supplies and ensuring continued investment in charging network

clock 23 January 2023 • 3 min read
Electric vehicles end 2022 with race to new record UK market share

Automotive

Electric vehicles end 2022 with race to new record UK market share

Pure EVs accounted for one in every three cars sold in the UK last month after yet another record year for battery car sales in 2022

clock 05 January 2023 • 5 min read
'Rapid growth': UK electric vehicle sales predicted to double in 2022

Automotive

'Rapid growth': UK electric vehicle sales predicted to double in 2022

Analyst expects EVs to take 15 per cent share of new car market this year, but warns government must deliver further policy to support uptake

clock 04 January 2022 • 3 min read