Global EV sales up 60% in 2022
Based in Sweden, EV Volumes is an organisation focused solely on the shipment of vehicles with electric motors across the globe. They pull together over 130 sources – cross referencing where possible – to try and build the most accurate picture possible of how the evolution toward carbon neutral transport is going. In Europe, against […]
WhichEV Awards 2023 – And the winners are…
By James Morris, WhichEV The relentless growth in the EV market has continued in 2022. In September 2021, battery EVs had a 15.2% share of the market. In September 2022, this had risen to 16.9%. The increase is even more pronounced when you look at the Year-to-Date, with a 9.5% share this time last year, […]
Jaguar moves to launch its own network of high speed chargers
Despite only having one battery electric vehicle in the market with the I-Pace, Jaguar is nailing its colours to the mast with the announcement of a new partnership with Plugsurfing to give Jaguar drivers access to a virtual network of 300,000 charging points across 27 countries. Pay-as-you-go won’t have a monthly Tarif associated with it […]
Everything you need to know about installing EV chargers at your workplace
Installing a consumer charger is a relatively simple business. Contacting your local Distribution Network Operator (DNO) for an authorisation code, getting a qualified electrician in for the install and testing and then using your new home charger is really straightforward. However, doing the same thing for a commercial premises can be rather more complicated. While […]
All your EV questions answered by WhichEV
The editorial team over at WhichEV have built a monthly audience of more than 1.2 million readers and they are in regular contact with their community across a range of social media platforms. As the number of electric vehicles in the UK approaches the 1million mark – with pure electric making up half of that […]
Charging your EV at home: Everything you need to know
By WhichEV As the pace picks up in the (r)evolution from fossil fuel to electric vehicles, one question get asked more than any other: How can I charge my EV? Commercial haulage operations will almost certainly need to have full charging stations installed at their key bases. This is something that companies like Renault Volvo […]
With the Government pushing the UK ever closer to an electric future, can the grid cope?
By Pulkit Malhotra, WhichEV The short answer is yes – but there are some factors at play in that reply. The obvious things include the way we light our homes and buildings. When we were kids, it was normal to have 60w bulbs around the house and 100w in the kitchen/other areas where more light […]
Is the Einride Pod the future of autonomous electric freight vehicles?
By Farooq Baloch, WhichEV Since 2017, the UK Government has had in place the outline rules for testing autonomous vehicles on UK roads. Those rules have recently been updated and many more companies are looking at ways in which transportation in general (and goods in particular) can be automated with advanced electric vehicles across the […]
Factors to consider before getting your first electric car
By James Morris, Which EV Ten years after Nissan began selling the Leaf in UK showrooms, the UK market for electric vehicles finally took off in 2020. Now, almost 15% of all the cars sold so far in 2022 are pure electric, but with so many options to choose from, it can be difficult to […]
The WhichEV guide to EV charging made easy
Charging your EV should be easy. In fact, it should be as easy as the experience people have putting petrol in their internal combustion cars. But some of the time it isn’t. This is frequently used by EV haters as an excuse to avoid switching to an EV, or even to vocally criticise them on […]
