Jan 2021 Australia: Coal to cleantechNSW transition gets major boost with plans for 2 coal power stations to be given a second life as mega batteries to support renewable power. Using locations with existing connections...
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David NicholsonTesla Model 3 long term UK Review
Is it difficult to switch from petrol or diesel to an electric car? Well after over 8,000 miles in the Tesla Model 3 it really isn’t that hard at all in this electric car. Have I ever had to drive 20 miles out of...
December and full year 2020 UK car sales report –
The UK ended 2020 with a bit of a bang for EV sales with December 2020 sales 4.4 times what they were in December 2019. By comparison the market as a whole feel 10.9%. Full details are below Have EV sales...
Getting local EV Public Charging right – Part 3 Is it unusable?
In part 1 we looked at how important it is to get the cost of public charging right. In part 2 we looked at the different types of charging you need in an area. In part 3 we look at the most common reasons why EV...
Getting local EV Public Charging right – Part 2 local charging mix
In part 2 we will look at the different types of charging you need, the most common mistakes and how to avoid them. Aiming for acceptable utilisation rates for local chargers Firstly let’s make it clear what we...
Could a ULEZ diesel sunset deliver better London air quality AND fiscal balance?
In October we discussed how a government demand on expanding the London congestion charge could have been made to work. In the end the Government stepped back from insisting on this and gave TFL another short term grant...
Why the time has come to switch to electric cars..
Why switch to an electric car? You don’t need to be called Greta to know that if we let the Climate Emergency run out of control it will be a vastly bigger long term threat to the human race than Coronavirus. To...
How National Grid is cutting UK carbon emissions & preparing to power the switch to EVs
Robert Llewellyn has a relaxed but informative chat with James Kelloway, the Energy Intelligence Manager for for National Grid who supply our electricity in the UK. Published in summer 2020 Why we recommend watching In...
October 2020 UK car sales report –
Overall October 2020 car sales are down 1.6% to 140,945 from 143,251. AFVs (alternatively fuelled vehicles) Electric Vehicles, PHEVs and hybrids continue to grow while diesel sales fall but no major change...
Electric city cars – the stars and the rest
What makes a star EV for MyUrbanCar? Our stars are not just great cars in their own right, they should be able to fit into your life & manage a range of supposed EV challenges like a weekend away or visiting friends...
10 things that killed diesel and how carmakers made them worse
October 2020 Update – Brand diesel is taking a hammering. Having peaked at 50.8% of car sales in the UK in 2012, by 2017 it had fallen to 42% and by October 2020 diesel sales in the UK had collapsed to just 18.4%...
How a dispute over funding buses and tubes could give London the cleanest air in Europe..
UPDATE – since this article was published the Government have agreed to extend funding for TFL to keep London’s transport system running till March 2021. The final agreement does NOT require any extension of the...
Getting local EV Public Charging right. Part 1- Cost
Getting acceptable cost and utilisation rates The conventional wisdom is that charging an electric car costs much less than running a car that burns petrol or diesel, but is that really the case? In this article we...
Longer Trips in electric cars
Doing longer trips in an EV Longer journeys are meant to be the achilles heel of EV’s but in reality having done medium distance trips, with the right EV, it just requires a slight adjustment to your trip plans. In fact...
September 2020 UK car sales report –
Overall September 2020 car sales are down 4.4% to 328,041 from 343,255 but Electric Vehicles, PHEVs and hybrids continue to grow while diesel sales fall. Details below Glossary Diesel – standard cars...