Car manufacturers have called for urgent action to reignite the switch to electric vehicles, after sales figures showed slowing demand among ordinary motorists for battery-powered cars....
The journalist and electric vehicle campaigner Quentin Willson has said he is "staggered" after the Government did not cut VAT for EV charging in the budget....
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"There is an anti-EV story in the papers almost every day. Sometimes there are many stories, almost all of which are based on misconceptions and mistruths, unfortunately."
MFG EV Power charging hubs coming to Morrisons fuel forecourts!
Oxford is launching an electric fleet that will make the city one of the UK’s leading adopters of zero-emission buses....
Further more nuanced details here, but I didn't want to lead with a site people might not be familiar with:...
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Just saw this in Tesco!
I was considering buying a Chevy Bolt lately to use as my daily commuter but found out it collects a lot of data and phones it back. It’s hard to do research on what kind of EV I could buy that doesn’t collect your location data so I’m hoping someone here might have some good suggestions.
Between 2200-2359 today, get 40% off Ionity and Osprey.
We’re very pleased to announce that Zapmap has taken its first step outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland – and has started mapping charge points in mainland Europe....
https://www.speakev.com/attachments/fb_img_1700807697303-jpg.184012/?.jpg...
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I think that charging stations should display their prices like fuel stations....
EV chargers cables owned by BP Pulse and Osprey Charging reportedly stolen from The Maltings Retail Park, Waitrose, Appletongate and Albert Street in Newark – with Nottinghamshire Police said to be investigating
Wow! Didn’t expect this. Although the article is a bit confusing as to whether it’s the network or just Tesla hardware. When I heard it on the radio this morning they specifically mentioned the supercharger network.
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I don’t really see the point of this. It’s just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there’s a clutch and the ability to stall?
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About to get my first plug-in car, and have some questions....
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This article is a couple of weeks old, but interesting stuff....
I’m very surprised that there isn’t legislation requiring a way to stop the car if it does run away. (Although it’s quite possible that’s what the police used once they got in the car, and the user missed it in the panic)...
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