Car charging point numbers fall behind as plug-in vehicles surge
New SMMT analysis reveals that the number of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles potentially sharing a standard public charge point deteriorated from 11 to 16 vehicles per charger between 2019 and 2020. Only one new charger is currently being installed for every 52 new electric vehicles registered, with cars that can be plugged-in now
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UK becomes first country in the world to pledge zero-emission HGVs by 2040
The days of noisy, diesel-drinking, polluting delivery and logistics trucks are numbered as the UK will become the first country in the world to commit to phasing out ICE HGVs for non-zero emission heavy goods vehicles. All new heavy goods vehicles in the UK will be zero-emission by 2040. Vehicles weighing 26 tonnes and under
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Demand for used plug-ins surges despite used car market falling -6.2% in Q3
Demand for used plug-in models surges despite used car market falling -6.2% in Q3 Battery electric vehicle demand rises 56.4% with 14,182 cars changing hands UK used car transactions fall -6.2% against strong Q3 2020 to 2,034,342 units Used market up 16.4% year-to-date but still -4.0% down against same period pre-pandemic Growth of Demand Demand
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