Opinion

It is not surprising that the government has already set aside £400m for electric car charging points. Electric cars are familiar, and on their way to becoming mainstream.

Electric vehicles have just completed their first full, proper, revolutionary decade on sale to a still-cautious public.

A recent survey of nearly 2,000 drivers has revealed some intriguing insights into consumers’ views on electric cars.

Automobile manufacturers, long regarded as bastions of the status quo, have woken to today’s realities and plan to invest nearly £2 billion in EV technology and innovation by 2023.

In the past, one of the main stumbling blocks around electric cars was range anxiety: the worry about whether a car can travel far enough on a full charge to meet the driver’s needs.

The UKs limited network of electric car chargers could soon have an impact on EV sales if vital improvements to infrastructure are not made soon. 

The reason you’ll be seeing a lot more electric vehicle (EV) models on UK roads in coming years is to the achieve country’s goal of net zero GHGs by 2050