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There Are 40.7 Million Vehicles in the United Kingdom, And 1.1 Million Have a Plug!

CleanTechnica EVs

One in every 32 cars now comes with a plug in the United Kingdom, with 1.1 million electric cars now in use, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). There are just over 35.1 million cars on the roads in the UK. There are just under 4.9 million vans, 72,722 buses and […]

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Tata Workforce to create $5 billion 40 GW battery mobile gigafactory in the United Kingdom to provide JLR

Baua Electric

Tata Workforce has introduced that it’ll be making an investment $5 billion to create a 40 Gigawatt (GW) battery mobile Gigafactory in the United Kingdom that may ship electrical mobility and renewable power attic answers. The unutilized plant could also be anticipated to build about 4,000 jobs in the United Kingdom.

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Electric Vehicle myth busted (again) in recent Tusker data analysis

Teslarati

Lloyds-owned Tusker recently analyzed data from its over 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) fleet. Tusker is a leasing company based in the United Kingdom. It busted two EV myths after analyzing data from its electric vehicle fleet. It jumps up even more to 3,475 fires for every hybrid vehicle sold.

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Mercedes-Benz xEV sales up 37% in Q1; 32% of those battery-electric

Green Car Congress

Mercedes-Benz xEV sales (plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles) rose 37% ub Q1 2022 to 67,800 units of which 21,900 (+210%) units were battery-electric vehicles (BEV). Mercedes-Benz also saw deliveries of S-Class vehicles rise 67% during the quarter.

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Ford submits all-electric police pilot vehicle for Michigan State Police testing

Green Car Congress

Ford will use the pilot program testing as a benchmark while it continues to explore purpose-built electric police vehicles in the future. Law enforcement demand for all-electric vehicles is growing worldwide. Last week, Ford introduced a new Mustang Mach-E police concept car in the United Kingdom.

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Mobility Fintech Moove Joins Forces With Uber UK To Add 10,000 Electric Vehicles In London

CleanTechnica EVs

He told me that he estimates that about 75% of his Uber rides on this latest trip to the capital of the United Kingdom were in electric vehicles. A colleague of mine was recently in London. Quite a lot of these rides were in Teslas. He was quite excited about this. London is the global […].

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Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

Teslarati

German automaker Volkswagen has reported its full-year 2023 delivery numbers, featuring more deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) than ever before. the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Norway and Belgium. 4 units for a 62.9 percent increase year over year. percent jump year over year.