In the UK, Go Ultra Low is a government-backed effort (in association with automakers) to spread awareness about electric vehicles. Go Ultra Low recently joined forces with OnePoll to publish new research regarding the public’s understanding (or lack thereof) related to plug-in cars. It turns out respondents had a number of common misconceptions about electric cars.
A New Go Ultra Low cost calculator finds that the typical 100% electric car in the UK could cost on average just 3p per mile to run. That is a notable bit of savings compared to 9p for the comparable diesel car. The first savings, in my experience, regard the smell, the lack of particulate exposure, and freedom from the filmy dirty feeling of gas in the car and in the air.
A total of 65 organizations in the UK have now pledged to convert at least 5% of their vehicle fleets to electrics by the year 2020 as part of the Go Ultra Low Companies initiative, according to recent reports. Amongst the 65 organizations are ones that possess very substantial vehicle … [continued]
A recent forecast/analysis from the UK’s Go Ultra Low campaign has predicted that electric vehicles could be the dominant form of personal transportation in the UK as early as 2027. To put that more plainly, the government and industry-backed campaign is expecting that electric vehicles sales could outnumber those of … [continued]
