Worried carmakers call for urgent UK help to reignite waning interest in electric vehicles

Car manufacturers have called for urgent action to reignite the switch to electric vehicles, after sales figures showed slowing demand among ordinary motorists for battery-powered cars.

Manufacturers are alarmed by slowing sales growth in battery electric vehicles, which in the first four months of 2024 have only increased market share by 0.3% from the same period in 2023, to 15.7%, despite the rapid take-up in previous years. The industry body said more work was needed to install charge points nationwide to improve consumer confidence – the UK still has one standard charger for every 35 plug-in cars, despite record numbers of installations last year and

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