From today, all Vauxhall electric cars are priced below the threshold for the new ‘Expensive Car Supplement,’ thereby saving Vauxhall customers £2,125 in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED or ‘road tax’) over the first few years of ownership
Vauxhall is partnering with innovative global EV charging and Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) company JOLT to provide Vauxhall electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle owners with free charging across its North West London charging network.
Electric Vehicles UK said there is “a clear disconnect” between some perceptions of electric motoring and the “lived experience”.
Vauxhall has partnered with leading sustainable transport organisation, Cenex, to assess the effectiveness of metrics commonly used to track the success of the UK’s electrification journey, such as the number of public chargepoints and the number of EVs per chargepoint.
More than half (57%) of 1,000 UK drivers of conventionally fuelled cars polled by YouGov answered no more than two out of 10 questions about EVs correctly.
Values of used EVs have fallen past those of second-hand internal combustion-engined vehicles on average.
The new findings, obtained by data provided by councils across the United Kingdom, assessed the considerations being given towards disabled drivers by local authorities when installing on-street residential charge points.
An investigation by What Car? magazine found a shortfall of up to 38% in the range of electric vehicles (EVs) in low temperatures compared with official figures.
Vauxhall is partnering with leading supermarket Tesco to provide new Vauxhall electric vehicle customers with one year’s free charging credit at stores across the country.
The pilot will see the first unit powered up in East Lothian in Scotland, with the potential to upgrade 60,000 cabinets to support EV charging and help boost sustainable transport.
The government is being urged to halve the level of VAT on new electric vehicles to promote growth in the private sector.
According to a recent report by the RAC, the government has failed to meet its target of having at least six rapid or ultra-rapid EV chargers at every motorway service area in England by the end of 2023.
(more…)This is down from 8.3% in 2015 and 4.3% in 2021.
The UK has installed its 10,000th rapid electric vehicle charger, according to a leading device mapping provider.
Vauxhall is working with online car marketplace, carwow, to accelerate Britain’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) through its Electric Streets programme. The collaboration tailors charging station installations to areas of high EV demand, addressing the country’s lack of on-street charging infrastructure.
The new findings from a Freedom of Information application across 414 councils and local authorities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also reveal that 69% of local authorities have yet to install any on-street chargers.
The new rules, which are set to come into force later this year, are part of the government’s efforts to boost the uptake of EVs and ensure that drivers have a reliable charging network.
Vauxhall has taken another major step towards becoming a fully electric brand from 2028, with the successor to the Crossland set to be offered with an all-electric version in 2024.
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Vauxhall has launched a new Etiquette Guide for electric vehicle drivers.
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The RAC has said that the government is “not on track” to meet its own commitment to install 500,000 public charging points by 2030.