EV

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Taking charge: are they ready? Local authority charging infrastructure plans

    Electric vehicle (EV) uptake and public charge point installs have increased rapidly over the last few years, but to support the next wave of EV drivers, the public charging network needs to be improved. Government has outlined the leading role it expects from local authorities (LAs) in planning and delivering...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Winds of change: World EV Day

    The energy crisis is hitting vehicle running costs for both electric vehicles (EVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. In this week's 'Chart of the Week', we focus on World EV Day by taking a look at one of the areas we have been tracking – public charging – and...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Not all doom and gloom: Public EV charging pricing

    For electric vehicle (EV) owners wanting to use the public charging network, there are a range of membership and pricing structures available across the different charge point operators (CPOs) across the UK. Rising costs have been an all-too common headline over 2022, and in this 'Chart of the week', we...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    I can see clearly now: ZEV mandate to provide path to 2030 new ICE vehicle phase-out

    The last few weeks have seen several policy documents and consultation responses from the government published in the electric vehicle (EV) world, against the back-drop of record-breaking EV sales. In this 'Chart of the week', we explore the latest consultation conclusion from the Department for Transport (DfT), outlining proposals on...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Going up – electric vehicle charging network pricing

    Energy retail has been dominated by high wholesale prices across the last year. 2022 so far has seen wholesale energy prices continue their upward momentum, with average day-ahead power prices in January 2022 125% higher than January 2021. In this Chart of the Week, we look at the impact of...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    One in five: Electric vehicle registrations

    Last week the government published its Net Zero Strategy, detailing plans to introduce a zero-emission vehicle mandate alongside targeted plug-in vehicle grants. In assessing electric vehicle (EV) uptake, we explore the latest vehicle registration data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), published at the start of October....

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Postcode winners and losers: charging infrastructure provision

    Last month the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its final report on its market study into electric vehicle (EV) charging in the UK. It raised concerns about charge point deployment at motorways, remote locations and on-street locations, stating that access to suitable charging can be a “postcode lottery” and...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    The best is yet to come: Electric Vehicles surpass 2021 diesel sales

    The Transport Decarbonisation Plan published yesterday sets out new targets to cut emissions from the sea, roads and railways, joining an earlier commitment to phase out polluting cars and vans by 2035. In assessing the progress so far, we take a look at data released last week from the Society of Motor...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Chart of the week | Fleet Electrification to drive EV uptake

    The UK government has set measures to “effectively” ban the sale of all new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles from 2035 onwards to support the UK’s target to achieve net zero by 2050. It is expected that electric vehicles (EVs) will replace petrol and diesel as the primary mode of...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Pixie Chart of the week | The only way to find what I left behind, I’ve got to double back again

    Our popular weekly publications are an opportunity for our experts to detail a wide range of issues in a succinct and visually engaging manner. In 2019, we published charts on such diverse topics as electric vehicles (EVs), flexibility, energy efficiency, hydrogen, heat, and the GB water markets. In this week’s...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | EV market share doubles in FY20

    Total new sales in the UK car market appear to be stagnating with figures down by 2.5% on September 2018. However, despite contending with the disruptive impacts of Brexit, legacy confusion over fuel type following the Dieselgate Scandal, and uncertainty in the fleet space over future company car tax, electric...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Chart of the week | Do consumers dream of electric cars?

    The latest data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), released on 5 September 2019, sees battery electric vehicles (BEVs) record their largest ever monthly share of new car registrations in August 2019. Over the year to date, we have seen BEV registrations rise 93% - posed to overtake...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | V2G values reliant on plugging in cars

    The Energy Systems Catapult recently published a study, by low carbon energy consultancy Element Energy, Vehicle to Grid Britain. The study examines the long-term values available to users of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. V2G allows EV batteries to export energy to the networks, whether that be the home or business it is connected...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | National Grid forecasts for EV uptake changed

    National Grid issued its 2019 Future Energy Scenarios forecasts on 11 July. This annual forecast provides detailed insight into the expected future energy system, against four scenarios across gas and electricity. National Grid use this data to plan the future transmission systems, but it gives a fascinating insight into likely future energy...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | EV and HHP deployment forecast to reduce electricity costs

    In this week’s Pixie Chart of the week, we investigate the impacts on electricity wholesale costs if rapid deployment scenarios of electric vehicles, hybrid heat pumps or a combination of both are put in place. Research from Vivid Economic and Imperial College London shows that electricity costs could drop by as much...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | CCC: 2030 EV switchover would maximise savings

    In this week’s Pixie Chart of the week, we examine the new emissions target discussed in Net Zero – The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming published on 2 May by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). The report is a response to a request from the Governments of the UK, Wales and Scotland,...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | Average electric vehicle range exceeds 200 miles

    New research from Cornwall Insight has revealed that the average range of electric cars available on the UK market exceeds 200 miles. This is based upon data from the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure.

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | Range of incentives can stimulate EV purchases

    On 16 February, CleanTechnica posted a chapter from its latest electric vehicle (EV) driver report Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams. The chapter focuses on what incentives can stimulate uptake of EVs in North America and Europe for four customer groups: Non-Tesla EV driver, Tesla drivers, Plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) drivers and...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the Week | £232bn in EV investment announced

    A study published by Reuters on 10 January has revealed that $300bn (£232bn) of global investment is planned for EVs (electric vehicles) over the next 10 years. This represents the publicly announced procurement and investment budgets of automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) (car manufacturers). Actual spending on research and development,...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | DfT release 2017 charge point analysis

    On 13 December 2018, the Department for Transport (DfT) released its 2017 charge point analysis. This covers experimental statistics on the usage of domestic, local authority rapid and public sector fast charge points, funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). This Chart of the week combines three statistical...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | 2018 EV sales to match National Grid projection

    On 5 November, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) published its October 2018 EV registration data. The graph shows a 6% increase on EV registrations for the year-to-date compared to 2017, although for the majority of 2018, BEV sales were slightly down. This week's Pixie Chart of the...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | Peak load from EV uptake manageable: McKinsey

    We review a recent article by management consultants McKinsey & Company, The Potential Impact of Electric Vehicles on Global Energy Systems in this week's Chart of the week. The research that found that power demand increases due to EV uptake are likely to be manageable. Impacts on the electricity load...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | Lower prices forecast in Li-battery market

    In a tally of battery suppliers published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance in its Electric Vehicle Outlook 2018, Panasonic – which provides the cells for Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) – has perhaps unsurprisingly come out on top, based on capacity in 2016-17.

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Chart of the week | EV charging – who’s in the driving seat?

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) raised a modification to the Smart Energy Code (SEC) on 21 February. This has the potential to have some profound impacts on the EV charging sector. In this week's Chart of the week, Ed Reed discusses the raised modification. The proposal is to allow...