Industry News Battery electric cars took 28.3% of the plate-change month, the best ever for UK EV registrations. The year to date is still 26.2%, well short of this year's 33% ZEV mandate target.
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Jaguar has revealed its first new electric car in New York: a Solihull-built, tri-motor four-door GT. Here are the headline figures, the expected UK price and how it lines up against the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door EV.
The grant helped power September's record 99,199 EV registrations. Our sums show whether its £1.95bn reaches March 2030 depends on how many buyers get the full £3,750.
Ministers are weighing a 2030 electric car target of 70%, 60% or 50% instead of 80%, with responses due on 23 October. Here is who wants what, and what a softer target means for buyers.
Hyundai's small electric hatch gets the full £3,750 grant on every trim. That buys up to 308 miles of claimed range for £21,995, less than a longer-range Renault 5 or Kia EV2.
BYD has promised 300 megawatt chargers for Britain, yet the first car able to use the full 1,500kW is only due to reach buyers this quarter. Here is where they go, what they should cost and who gains.
A price tracker reported a £3,000 rise on the Model Y Standard from 1 October, but we found no second source. Here are the Model Y and Model 3 prices we could verify.
Intelligent Octopus Go has dropped to 7.6p per kWh, EDF GoElectric holds at 6.66p and British Gas EV Power sits at 9.5p. Here is what each costs, when you can charge and how to choose before winter.
The Model 3 sold 9,929 cars to finish second overall, and Tesla and BYD took four of the top five EV places. Here are the five best-selling electric cars that we could verify, and how they compare with the overall top 10.
Battery electric vans took 9.6% of the UK market in September, a record month by volume but less than half the 24% the ZEV mandate requires this year. Here is what it means for van buyers.
AA call-out figures for 2024 show out-of-charge cars are a small share of EV breakdowns, while tyres, wheels and the 12V battery top the fault list, just as they do for petrol and diesel cars.
GAC's Aion brand has priced its second UK model, the 60kWh UT electric hatchback, at £28,950 with a 268-mile WLTP range and an eight-year ownership package. Orders opened in September, with first deliveries due in October.
Audi's cheapest EV undercuts its own Q4 e-tron by £14,060, but the 401-mile claim needs the biggest battery. Here is what £32,200 buys, how it charges and when cars arrive.
The facelifted Q4 e-tron adds range, faster charging and Audi's first bidirectional charging. With the A2 e-tron priced about £14,000 lower, which compact Audi EV makes more sense?
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