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Britain’s vehicle association tells Johnson sector is crucial to UK’s zero-emission goals
The British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association has today written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reiterate why the vehicle rental and…
Ferrari will not be launching an electric car until 2025 at earliest
Ferrari will not release an electric car before 2025, according to its chief executive.
Record demand for electric cars helps UK car sales stay positive
Record demand for electric vehicles helped to support the car market last month, but it was not enough to overturn a slump…
VW to start offering electric conversion of classic Beetles
VW becomes the latest automaker to standardize the electric conversion of its classic cars – starting with classic Beetles.
Wales has lowest number of electric car chargers per head in UK
Britain may be on the verge of an electric car revolution but Welsh drivers wanting to change to greener personal transport may…
Electric cars could be charged in 10 minutes in future, finds research
New battery technology could give electric cars more than 200 miles of charge in as little as 10 minutes, according to new…
Demand for second‑hand electric cars hits new high
The price of second-hand electric cars has increased by as much as 14 per cent this year because of soaring demand for…
No-deal Brexit ‘would cost UK car industry £40bn by 2024’
The British car industry has delivered a bleak warning over the danger of a no-deal Brexit, saying it would devastate UK motor…
Audi plans 9,500 job cuts to save £5bn for electric car investment
Audi is to cut up to 9,500 jobs at its German factories by 2025 in order to save €6bn (£5.1bn) to invest…
Questions raised over UK’s government fund for electric car charging
The private equity firm appointed by the government to manage as much as £400m in investment in electric car charging points has…