By Daily Mail Reporter[1] Published: 23:05, 5 April 2024 | Updated: 23:10, 5 April 2024
Electric car makers are calling for fresh incentives to encourage drivers to ditch petrol[2] vehicles after a fall in the proportion…
The proportion of battery electric vehicles sold in the UK car market has shrunk, according to new industry figures.
Some 15.2% of new cars registered in March were pure electrics, down from 16.2% during the same period last year, the Society of Motor …
Hyundai Sportage (Image: Hyundai)REGISTRATIONS of battery-electric cars passed the million mark last month.January saw 20,935 new cars powered solely by electricity registered in the UK. It means a total of 1,001,677 such models have hit the road since…
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Mikes Hawes, the Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has today called for the government to slash VAT on battery electric cars in order to re-energise BEV sales to the public.
Worryingly, although more new Battery Electri…
Growth in sales of new electric cars stalled slightly in 2023, leading to calls in the industry to halve VAT rates to encourage demand.
However, the introduction of the government’s zero emission vehicle mandate this week, which provides rewards to m…
The UK car industry has received a major boost today, after the European Commission offered a three-year delay to tariffs that were due to be imposed on the trade of new electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries across the English Channel from the start of…
The lack of incentivisation for private motorists to choose electric vehicles has again been highlighted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders as it fears the uptake of zero emission vehicles is “plateauing”.
Guests at the SMMT Annual Dinne…
Uptake of electric and hydrogen HGVs continues to rise, representing 0.8% of the market in Q3 – the largest quarterly share of 2023, compared with 0.3% and 0.4% in Q1 and Q2 respectively, according to the latest new registration data from the Society…
The government has set out the percentage of new zero emission cars manufacturers will be required to produce each year up to 2030, following the Prime Minister’s proportionate and pragmatic decision to delay the ban on new diesel and petrol cars from …
The SMMT is urging the government to bring back the plug-in car grant that it ditched out of the blue last year.
The grant – aimed at helping people make the switch to expensive EVs – originally stood at £5,000 when it was brought in in 2011.
However, …
There was a sigh of relief from many forecourt operators last month, when Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Conservatives would delay the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans until 2035.
However, any joy was short-lived whe…
The automobile industry in the UK is set to change as the Rishi Sunak government pledges to increase zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035.
The Department for Transport announced on Thursday (28 September) that the UK government plans to make 80 per ce…
The Government’s confirmation today that the zero emission vehicle mandate will start from 2024 has been welcomed by many across the automotive, fleet and charging sectors, which say it will help “put Britain back in the fast lane to electric, net zero…