EV REtail

Over half of all car buyers expect their next purchase to be either an electric vehicle (EV) or hybrid. That’s the conclusion of the latest eBay Motors Group Consumer Insight Panel research, which surveyed the views of over 2,000 decision makers, found petrol remains the go-to fuel choice for most buyers (35%), but is closely matched by hybrids (32%), followed ...

Price remains the biggest barrier for the majority, 62%, of consumers to buying an EV. A total of 57% cited the lack of charging infrastructure in the UK and 54% had concerns over battery life in existing EV models, according to YouGov research commissioned by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA). However, the two main reasons to purchase an EV ...

Vauxhall has partnered with online car marketplace, Carwow, as it continues to accelerate the Electric Streets of Britain programme launched in summer 2023. Through access to carwow’s extensive database, Vauxhall can work with councils to pinpoint where interest in electric vehicles (EVs) is strongest across the country and where requirement lies for on-street charge point installation to be accelerated. Figures ...

Used EV values continued to improve in October after more than a year of decline. Used values rose 0.6% compared to September although they are still -19.6% lower than they were a year ago. According to the Auto Trader Retail Price Index demand for used EVs is up 78.4% so far in October – far ahead of petrol (up 2%) ...

Dealerships must act immediately to rapidly increase sales of electric vehicles ahead of January’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Manufacturers will already be setting much higher EV targets for dealerships to avoid potentially eye-watering fines. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has already announced that, despite diluting net zero policies, the government still requires more than half of new cars in the ...

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is lobbying the EU and UK to strike an immediate agreement to avoid £3,400 Brexit tariffs on electrified vehicle imports. The plea, echoed by the EU auto sector, is to delay the implementation of tougher new Rules of Origin (ROO) requirements on batteries by three years which could render EU and UK ...

Volkswagen Group is accelerating the roll-out of electric vehicles in 2023. All-electric deliveries surged by 45% to 531,500 vehicles globally, raising the BEV share of total deliveries to 7.9% after 6.1% in the prior year period. In the third quarter alone, the BEV share climbed to 9.0% compared to 6.8% one year ago. From January to September, Europe remained the ...

The rate of EV qualification in the UK aftermarket is slowing with a 36% drop in EV certification in Q2. A fifth of the UK aftermarket population is now qualified to work, to some level, on electric vehicles. In Q2, 2,900 technicians achieved EV certification, bringing the total number of qualified EV technicians in the UK to 45,300, according to ...

The majority of retailers are in favour of the government delay to ban the sale of ICE vehicles by five years to 2035. That’s a key finding of Auto Trader research which also found that consumer demand for electric vehicles (EVs) on its marketplace has remained unaffected by the government’s delay to the ban on new petrol and diesel cars. ...

Peter Vardy Group has struck a deal with AffinityEV which offers a range of products focused on the EV market. Products on offer in the partnership include a cost calculator, training platform and Digital Ordering. Affinity offers a digital process for customers to order a home charger, which is integrated into the Peter Vardy sales process and customer relationship management ...