Category: Electric Vehicles
UK vehicle production hits one million in 2023, SMMT claims
UK vehicle production tops one million units, up 17.0% in best year since 2019. 905,117 cars and 120,357 commercial vehicles made, with record electrified model output. £23.7 billion of private and public investment commitments announced in 2023. UK must now ramp up EV supply chain and deliver return on investments. UK vehicle production hit 1,025,474…
Will EV sales hit UK’s required 22% target for 2024?
DriveElectric, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle leasing companies, makes its predictions about what we can expect in 2024... As we enter 2024 there are a number of changes happening in the electric vehicle (EV) industry. But what will be the result of these changes in terms of electric car sales? The UK…
Nissan brings modified X-Trail e-4orce to European ski slopes
Nissan is bringing the all-wheel drive strengths of its e-4ORCE technology to European ski slopes this winter, with the creation of an X-Trail e-4ORCE modified for mountain rescue needs. The modifications to the X-Trail Mountain Rescue include the replacement of the wheels with snow tracks, giving traction on slippery pistes, while the rear seats have…
Hyundai appoints Ohme as its official EV home charging partner.
Hyundai Motor UK has appointed smart home charging business Ohme as its official home charging partner. Ohme's dynamic smart chargers can connect with the grid in real-time, automatically adjusting to optimise the cost of charging. Using Ohme’s software and technology, Hyundai claims EV owners can generate significant cost-savings over a year, without the need to…
Record growth in ultra-rapid EV chargers, Zapmap report shows
Zapmap, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has published new year-end figures for EV charge point installations in 2023. Record growth in the number of ultra-rapid chargers and high-power charging hubs opening across the country to support EV drivers on longer journeys is the defining characteristic of the year. What's more, the new 2023…
Consumer demand for EVs remains flat despite 18% increase in new car sales
MG 4: One of the best selling battery EVs of the year New car registrations reach 1.903 million in 2023 – up 17.9% as fleet investment accelerates. Battery electric vehicle volumes reach record high but market share slips to 16.5%. Industry calls on government to halve EV VAT, to put more…
Chinese EV firm BYD hits 3 million sales in 2023
BYD Denza D9 MPV Chinese company BYD has moved a step closer to toppling Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest-selling manufacturer of electric vehicles. December saw sales of 341,043 units, a 45% increase, culminating in a total of 3,024,417 vehicles sold throughout the year, a substantial 61.9% surge from the…
Motorway services overtake supermarkets as most popular EV charging location, claims survey
GRIDSERVE, pictured above, has overtaken Pod Point as network used by the highest number of drivers Zapmap, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has released its results from a survey of electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the country. The company’s annual EV charging survey, which was conducted in October 2023,…
Osprey celebrates 1000 high power EV chargers in UK
Salmon's Leap - Osprey's 16 bay dedicated EV charging location on the A38 Devon Expressway EV rapid-charging network Osprey Charging has now installed over 1,000 high-power EV charging points throughout the UK, more than doubling the size of its network in the last year. 2023 was, Osprey claims, its most successful…
Kia flagship EV9 awarded five star safety rating
Kia’s all-new EV9, which Tech Digest has been driving in Scotland for the last two days, has been awarded the maximum five-star safety rating following testing by Europe's independent safety organisation, Euro NCAP. The all-electric seven-seat SUV achieved the highest possible rating after being assessed in four categories. It achieved 84 per cent for adult…
