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Electric vehicle sales surge in UK, petrol engines slump and drop 10%

Teslarati

Electric vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom have exploded, increasing over 88% in March 2021 compared to the same month in 2020. So far this year, BEV sales have topped out at 31,779 vehicles in the UK through the first quarter of 2021, a 74.1% increase compared to last year’s figure of 18,256 cars in the same period.

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Petrol can be cheaper than electric – if less than £1 per litre

My Energi

• The average electric car remains cheaper to run than an equivalent petrol car • Fuel prices would need to fall below £1 per litre to make petrol cars cheaper to run • Electric car registrations exceeded expectations in 2022, beating forecasts by 7% Despite the average price of petrol falling below £1.50 With fuel at £1.50

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CredR partners Crayon Motors to offer petrol two-wheelers for an electric bike 

Electric Vehicles India

CredR partners Crayon Motors to offer petrol two-wheelers for an electric bike . CredR a used (pre-owned) two-wheelers platform that buys and sells two-wheels has partnered with Crayon Motors an electric bike company. CredR partners Crayon Motors. About Crayon Motors.

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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

EV Central

Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. litre ‘i-FORCE MAX’ petrol-electric hybrid was initially put on the backburner for Australia, but that now appears to have changed. litre turbo-diesel engine. 2024 Toyota Prado.

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Great Wall Motor’s Haval to ditch petrol, diesel from 2030

The Driven EV News

Automotive brand Haval has reportedly announced it will stop selling internal combustion engine vehicles altogether by 2030. The post Great Wall Motor’s Haval to ditch petrol, diesel from 2030 appeared first on The Driven.

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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Several automakers like Toyota, who have been selling hybrid cars in India have been lobbying for a tax cut on the hybrid vehicles in India.

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Great Wall Motors to Go 100% Electric!

CleanTechnica EVs

Great Wall Motors (GWM) is a Chinese carmaker that has had a presence in Australasia for the past 13 years. They have a dealer network and many petrol and diesel cars on Australian and New Zealand roads. The vehicles have improved greatly since they were introduced as cheap, yet not so reliable, options. My niece […].

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