The Department for Transport (DfT) has been called on to deliver a number of new policies designed to incentivise the take-up of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs), including helping workplaces invest in charging points.
Uber customers in London can now order a fully electric vehicle for the first time following an agreement between the transport company and car manufacturers Nissan and BYD.
Used electric vehicle (EV) batteries could soon be on the market at a significantly reduced cost that competes with brand new energy storage systems, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report.
The government has suggested changing the banding for company car tax rates from 2020 to reflect the growing range of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) expected to come to market in the next decade.
Ecotricity's Electric Highway MD Simon Crowfoot revealed last week that the decision to start charging drivers using the network can only recoup some of the losses of maintaining the infrastructure.
The managing director of Ecotricity’s Electric Highway has revealed the company is losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from the charging network, claiming the business model behind charging drivers for its use is “not very good”.
The Go Ultra Low scheme has awarded special status to 65 UK organisations since May 2016 in recognition of their commitment to adopt electric vehicles as a larger proportion of their fleets.
Nottingham City Council has met its climate change targets four years ahead of schedule following a number of energy saving initiatives and significant investments in renewables across the city.
Nissan says electric vehicle charging bays will outnumber petrol stations by mid-2020, and possibly sooner, as the uptake in EVs increases and petrol pumps start to vanish.
Tesla’s claim of having “The World’s Fastest Charging Station” has been upheld by the UK’s advertising watchdog following a challenge by Ecotricity, which argued its claims could not be substantiated.
