News Round-Up
26 April 2025
by Toby Young
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by Lucy Marsh
Nine brand new electric cars with a total value of between £278,000 and £520,000 have been dumped on a roadside in Nottingham after the Tesla-rival manufacturer went into liquidation last year.
The share of electric cars in new registrations in Germany plummeted 27.5% in 2024 compared to the previous year, as the future "remains bleak for e-mobility".
With the cost of charging an EV at a public station now way higher than petrol, Britain has a new class divide: those with driveways and those without. It's a divide that Labour is making worse.
Some of Britain’s best-selling hybrid cars will be banned from sale after 2030 under a Net Zero crackdown proposed by Ministers, including the mild hybrid versions of the Ford Puma, Range Rover Evoque and VW Golf.
Britain's Net Zero policies, such as the fast-approaching ban on non-electric cars, are a fiasco, now costing serious jobs and threatening entire regional economies, says Liam Halligan.
The Government is set to water down rules mandating the switch to electric vehicles after a backlash from carmakers amid weak sales and job cuts.
Once upon a time, two crafty Brand Managers approached the Jaguar board claiming they could create an ad so daring only the most discerning would understand its brilliance. Laura Dodsworth with a modern day morality tale.
Vauxhall owner Stellantis's sales have plunged by more than a quarter amid an EV slowdown in Europe. It follows Volkswagen proposing huge workforce cuts and the closure of German factories.
Electric vehicle battery sizes should be cut by one third due to an acute lithium shortage, Britain's top engineers have said, leaving range-challenged EVs facing further sales disincentives.
A mother said her family was "lucky to have got out safely" after their parked electric car exploded and engulfed their house in flames.
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