The uptake of electric vehicles

The results show that UK company fleets will be the slowest in the uptake of electric vehicles over the next 3 years.  Of the UK companies surveyed, the larger companies had under 30% who had plans to invest in electric vehicles whereas 61% were opting for hybrid vehicles.  One example of a manufacturer who has committed to manufacturing electric cars is Nissan.  The government is offering a £5,000 subsidy for buying an electric car as well as developing regional electric China Permanent Magnet Motors Suppliers car networks in London, Milton Keynes and the North East.  Compared to its closest Hybrid competitor, the Toyota Prius, it costs £10,000 more. They also feel that they will be too expensive to buy initially.  As part of their initiative to lower emissions and boost the UK's motor manufacturing industry, the British government is pushing an electric car network.  In February 2011 the Nissan Leaf is due to be launched at a cost of a little less than £30,000.  The countries involved were the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, Brazil and India.  Even so there is a race on between manufacturers to produce electric cars, partially because of EU legislation.  A poll has shown the UK businesses are more inclined to buy hybrids rather than electric vehicles.  All of them and no doubt more will be battling to gain ground in the electric car market.  UK businesses are concerned that electric vehicles will prove to be difficult to run over longer distances as well as being worries about recharging points.  It covers phasing in of requirements, lower penalty payments for small excess emissions, long term target and eco-innovations.  Throughout the 14 countries surveyed, a total of 3500 fleet decision makers took part.  This new report which has been put together by Corporate Vehicle Observatory compares UK businesses to their counterparts in 13 other countries.  As well as Nissan, Citroen, Mitsubishi and Peugeot competing in this electric car race, there is a Chinese company who was originally a battery manufacturer, Build Your Dream, who is now a car manufacturer because of its highly sophisticated knowledge of batteries.  In addition to the hope to encourage UK businesses to make the electric car switch the transport campaign is aiming to reinforce that sustainable transport is about putting less cars on the road by encouraging other alternatives like public transport and cycling.  This legislation covers aspects such as limit value curve which implies that heavier cars are allowed higher emission than lighters cars, with the aim of preserving an overall fleet average.