Archive For: Electrical vehicles

2020 sees record number of MOT failures – and there’s one common denominator

Nearly 1.3 million vehicles failed their MOT in the UK last year for one particular reason, it's the most times it's ever happened. According to the figures, faults relating to exhaust emissions have risen by over 70% in just two years. Diesel vehicles are performing worst, with a whopping 240% rise in emissions-related failures since new regulations were ... Read More

Your opinion: should the UK introduce “pay-as-you-drive” road pricing schemes in towns and cities?

  The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry into zero emission vehicles and road pricing. It follows the acceleration of the ban on sales of new vehicles with combustion engines to 2030. The new ban date has been widely hailed as a positive move for the UK’s “Green Industrial Revolution”, though critics suggest ten years ... Read More

Fleets lead Britain in the race towards electrification

There are still plenty of unknowns in the UK’s race towards the 2030 combustion engine ban. When are we going to have enough electric chargepoints to actually make this target viable?   What can we do to drive uptake further and get more people switching sooner? But one thing that’s for sure, and that’s that ... Read More

How are we going to fill the EV tax shortfall as more drivers make the switch to electric?

In a bid to get more people on board with the race towards the 2050 net zero emissions target and the 2030 ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles, the Government’s been putting incentives in place to encourage drivers to make the switch. Zero vehicle excise duty (VED) in the first year of ... Read More

“Range anxiety” and the race towards electrification

The Competition Regulator is due to conduct research into drivers’ “range anxiety” to establish whether the electric vehicle (EV) charging sector is meeting consumer needs. The news comes after a couple from Kent took nine hours to complete a 130-mile journey home from Bournemouth because of charging issues. Hours added to electric journeys After the ... Read More

No-deal Brexit could add £1,900 to the average cost of car

After several months on the backburner, guess what’s back with a vengeance? That’s right: Brexit. As the clock ticks down towards the end of the year and the prospect of ‘No Deal’, politicians, economists, civil servants, as well as a whole raft of others are crunching the numbers to understand exactly what the state of ... Read More

The air might be “clean enough” in Leeds, but how much further do the rest of the UK’s fleets have to go?

As Leeds City Council closes down its clean air zone because fleets there have already become cleaner, we ask if the story reflects how businesses across the remainder of the country are responding to the new 2030 combustion engine ban. How are fleets responding to the new ban date?  According to recent research by Arval ... Read More

New internal combustion engines to go before 2030 as Government announces post-pandemic sustainability plan

This Autumn, the Government is expected to announce that sales of all new cars with an internal combustion engine will be banned from 2030, ten years earlier than previously promised. The move is part of the Government’s strategy to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and will play a role in the UK’s post-pandemic economic ... Read More

Uber promises all-electric fleet by 2040 – but is it really such a big deal?

Uber’s been in the press again this week. Not for dodgy tax schemes or short-changing drivers… Thankfully not because of harassment claims either.  This time, they’ve made headlines by hopping on the EV bandwagon and making a seemingly bold promise. See, they’ve pledged to have an all-electric fleet by 2040. Click here to read the ... Read More

Swedish start-up reveals electric lorry for UK production – and it’s a little bit sexy!

Step aside, Tesla, there’s a new kid on the block. Last week, Swedish start-up Volta Trucks revealed a 35,000-pound, fully electric truck, and it’s one of the coolest-looking heavy goods vehicles you could possibly imagine. Click here to check it out Volta aims to get 500 Volta Zeros on the road by 2022 with home ... Read More