Nissan has celebrated the production of its 50,000th Leaf EV at its Sunderland Plant.
The price of EVs rose by 8.7% alongside a 1.2% decline for diesel cars as demand for alternative fuel vehicles continued to increase in April, reports Manheim and Motors.co.uk.
The growing appeal of alternative fuel vehicles was reflected in a 23.7% rise in UK registrations during the first quarter of 2016.
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Volvo Cars has announced that it aims to sell a total of up to one million electrified cars by 2025.
The electric car market could be transformed “overnight” if the half a million UK motorists already suited to electric motoring switched to plug-in power.
Alternative fuel vehicles have increased in value by an average of £1,502 year-on-year in Q1 2016 – a 7% increase over Q1 2015.
Volvo Cars aims to sell up to a million electrified cars by 2025.
This needs an abstractThe Government should make a significant investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and industry skills improvement - or the UK risks missing out on major economic benefits.
Tesla has opened the order books for its Model 3, a new electric car which will bring the US car brand to the mass market.
Indian car manufacturer Mahindra will cut UK car dealerships out of the selling process for its forthcoming e2o electric car.
Volvo Cars believes the global automotive industry should strive towards the introduction of a standardised charging infrastructure for electric cars.
Electric vehicle charging company Pod Point is to become the preferred supplier for Volvo Car UK.
Nissan’s dealers now have a stronger part to play in encouraging more consumers to adopt electric vehicles.
Electric car sales are expected to receive another boost by way of a £40 million government package to improve the EV infrastructure in eight key locations.
Government grants and a surge in the number of public charge points have been credited for a surge in electric car sales which sparked a dealership record at Brayley Renault.
The Government has revealed there will two plug-in grant rates from March 1, 2016, both lower than the current £5,000 incentive.
One third of low voltage (LV) feeders, equating to 312,000 circuits across the UK, will not cope with growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs)
Chancellor George Osborne pledged a further £600 million to boost the update of ULEVs, but there was no mention of the future of the plug-in grant.
Nissan and Ecotricity have called on the Government to invest official signage across the UK for standard and rapid electric vehicle charging points.
