At the time of writing, there are nearly 120,000 public EV charge connectors across the UK. The majority of these are fast chargers, but there has also been a notable rise in the number of rapid ...

Can an electric car really deliver zero emissions? Many will point out that EVs can only offer zero tailpipe emissions. Although technically an electric car doesn’t have a tailpipe… In reality, it’s ...

Miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh) is the electric vehicle equivalent of miles per gallon (mpg) in petrol or diesel cars. In other words, it tells you the distance you can expect your electric car to ...

Browse the online configurators for new electric cars and you might notice the availability of a heat pump, either as an option or a standard feature. But what is a heat pump and, if it costs extra, ...

For years, drivers of non-Tesla electric cars could only stare at Tesla Superchargers with envious eyes. The American brand’s first dedicated charging site opened back in 2012 and its network has ...

The range might have been the first thing you checked before deciding which electric car to buy. After all, choosing an EV capable of plenty of miles between charging stops could save you vast amounts ...

Let’s start with the bad news: electric cars are no longer exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED – better known as road tax). From April 2025, the UK Government decided to, in its words: ‘equalise the ...

Every new electric car is supplied with a cable – sometimes referred to as a ‘granny cable‘ – that is designed for a domestic plug socket. So the short answer to this question is yes – you can charge ...

You’ve sung along to of Walking On Sunshine, but did you know that it’s possible to drive on sunshine? OK, not literally – that would be a little hot and dangerous – but sunshine, or more specifically ...

These are confusing times in the new car market. Some manufacturers have been delaying the introduction of electric cars, shifting their focus to plug-in hybrids instead. The UK Government has also ...

When questioned, nearly all British drivers overestimated the number of breakdowns caused by electric vehicles running out of battery charge. In fact, a staggering 99 percent of the drivers surveyed ...

Most houses in the UK use a single-phase electricity supply. This means a maximum charging rate for electric cars of 7kW. Apart from private homes, however, much of this country is served by a ...