We have seen a recent increase in customers asking us to buy electric vehicles and never has there been a better time to make the switch to electric. With the recent fuel shortages after panic buyers ran fuel stations up and down the country dry, it was the EV drivers who were having the last laugh. Car manufacturers are investing heavily to establish a new generation of electric vehicles. In fact, many manufacturers have pledged to ‘go green’ by producing electric-only vehicles in the future along with current plans that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030.
What does the future hold?
It’s expected that by 2025, 20% of all new cars sold across the world will be electric. This is then projected to double to 40%, given the 2030 climate change deadline in the UK alone.
Customer Concerns
Whilst public hesitation is largely due to the perception that going electric may be expensive, things are starting to change. The volume of electric vehicles and batteries now being produced makes the whole process cheaper.
Another cause for hesitation is the perceived lack of infrastructure to support the increase in electric cars.
Of course every EV owner needs to easily access charging points whether at home or away. To address this, the UK presently has over 25,000 publicly available electric charging points and this number is growing daily.
It was recently announced that all new homes built in England will be required to install an electric car charger as standard. The legislation introduced is a worldfirst and will ensure that chargers function as ‘smart’ devices so that the national grid isn’t at risk of being overloaded.
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