EV REtail

Electric vehicle charging posts need to be more accessible for the one in five people with disabilities. Edmund King OBE, AA president speaking at an EV conference today said that 73% of the 17,302 drivers who responded to an AA survey last year said charging posts should be wheelchair accessible. And 79% say charge post design should consider users with ...

Lloyds has become the latest company to agree a partnership with Zoom EV. Zoom EV’s package of benefits includes discounted access to industry-leading public charging networks, smart home charging units, EV home energy tariffs and EV accident management services. Prospective EV owners getting finance online through Lloyds will receive a discounted year-long subscription to the Zoom EV package. Greg Fairbotham, ...

The 2016 Nissan Leaf (automatic) was the UK’s fastest selling used car in 2021, taking an average of just 17 days to leave forecourts. According to the latest data from Auto Trader’s Fastest Selling Index, it marks only the second time a fully electric vehicle (EV) has topped the annual top 10 list during the seven years Auto Trader has ...

Total leasing enquiries on new electric vehicles grew 66% in Q3 compared to Q2 of this year, according to new data from Leasing.com. The overall growth in demand for new electric vehicles between July-September 2021 was the result, it said, of growth in the individual BEV, plugin and hybrid segments. Those three electric vehicle segments recorded a combined sales enquiry ...

Paragon Motor Finance (PMF) has announced that it has begun lending on Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). Finance is offered for cars only, on hire purchase and lease purchase agreements. Loans are available to both consumers and business through intermediaries. Timed to coincide with the COP26 climate change conference, the launch comes following the introduction of Paragon’s BEV policy, which was ...

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is forecasting there will be a shortage of 37,500 technicians by 2030, the government’s Road to Zero deadline. It said 90,000 automotive technicians will be required to provide sufficient workforce to service the volume of zero emissions vehicles predicted to be on UK roads by that date. Steve Nash, CEO of the Institute ...