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University students break world record for fastest long range electric vehicle

Updated: August 6, 2014

Students from the University of New South Wales in Australia have broken the world record for the fastest long range electric vehicle (EV) with their creation: the Sunswift eVe. The sleek, electrically powered eVe managed to average speeds of 62 mph for...

Electric car sales in Europe double with the help of new models

Updated: July 31, 2014

New research from Transport and Environment (T&E) campaign group shows that electric car sales in Europe approximately doubled in 2013 with the aid of top-selling new EV models from Renault, Mitsubishi and Volvo. The second-stage of T&E’s Annual Cars and CO2 report...

Tesla Motors positions itself to revolutionise the electric car market

Updated: July 25, 2014

From the outset Tesla Motors, directed by CEO Elon Musk, has stated their ambition is to sell affordable electric vehicles to the mass market. With clever and methodical business decisions and by establishing itself in the luxury car market, they certainly seem...

Formula E: the world’s first fully-electric racing series

Updated: July 18, 2014

2014 will mark the launch of the world’s first fully-electric racing series: Formula E. The championship begins September 13th 2014 in Bejing, the first stop in a 10 race series being hosted in the heart of some of the globe’s best-known cities...

Interim scheme for OLEV domestic charging grants over July and August 2014

Updated: July 3, 2014

While the first set of government domestic charge point grants have now expired, current and potential EV owners need not despair as OLEV has committed to continuing support into 2015. At the end of June 2014 OLEV announced they would initiate a...

Department for Transport publishes Public Attitudes to Electric Vehicles survey

Updated: June 25, 2014

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published the results of its study on Public Attitudes to Electric Vehicles which has uncovered continuing anxiety towards the purchase of electric cars and vans from consumers. When only considering the respondents with a full driving...

Top 10 electric vehicles

Updated: January 12, 2015

Listed below is Zap-Map’s top 10 electric vehicles that are available in the UK. To find more information on the vehicles mentioned in our “Top 10 EVs”, or to see a full list of EVs on sale in the UK, visit our...

UK electric vehicle registrations set to exceed 10,000 mark

Updated: June 9, 2014

The Office for Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) have announced that 8,724 claims have been made for the Plug-in Car Grant scheme, meaning that the total number of electric vehicles in the UK is about to surpass 10,000 vehicles for the first time....

EV and hybrid roll out accelerates in UK car clubs

Updated: June 9, 2014

The latest industry figures show an acceleration in the roll out of electric and hybrid vehicles. Helped by the launch of electric vehicle only E-Car club, the trial of the Vauxhall Ampera by Zipcar, the continued expansion of City Car Club’s hybrid fleet...

Combo DC charger rollout in the UK begins

Updated: June 9, 2014

High power Combined Charging System (CCS) charging points, standardised by the EU in 2011, have started to be installed into EV charging networks in the UK. These Rapid ‘Combo’chargers, supplied by ABB, were announced to arrive in the UK at the beginning...