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Financial incentives to be offered to electric car owners for charging off-peak

Published 24 May 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
Drivers of electric vehicles will be offered incentives to charge their cars at off-peak times in order to prevent unmanageable demand.

Electric car owners should use 'flexible charging'

The energy regulator Ofgem has proposed new energy system reforms, to prepare for the rise in popularity of electric vehicle ownership.
Published 24 July 2018
Reader Letters: Electric car questions, flat batteries, road tax vigilantes and are parking brakes on automatics necessary?

Electric cars could be cheaper to run than petrol.

Electric cars could be over four times more affordable to run than petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, a new study suggests.
Published 19 June 2018
Reader Letters: Electric car questions, flat batteries, road tax vigilantes and are parking brakes on automatics necessary?

Reader Letters: Electric car and tax vigilantes

"The government’s plan to ban the sale of pure diesel and petrol cars from 2040 sounds ambitious to me. Will there be sufficient power..."
Published 17 August 2017
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Letters of the week, July 26

This week: Undertaking feedback, electric car grid impact, and how to be sure to avoid a speeding fine.
Published 27 July 2015