Electric Vehicles Could Fall Into LPG Chaos
Posted by martinparry on June 16, 2010 under Business Planning, Fleet Vehicles, SME News | 
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Paul Barker writing in Business Car warns that fleets are increasingly concerned about the viability of electric vehicles, with three-quarters of large businesses worried about the number of recharging points, according to research from leasing and fuel management expert Arval.
Arval head of market analysis and BusinessCar blogger Mike Waters said the industry is uncomfortable with the lack of clear direction from the Government. “The market is asking for clarity in terms of the coalition position in this crucial area both now and over the longer term,” said Waters. “There are potentially worrying parallels to the LPG debate in the 1990s; there was a lot of positive noise made about the technology, but no infrastructure was ever fully supported in the UK, unlike in Europe.”
Among larger fleets, only 30% of those surveyed had plans to add EVs, compared with 61% opting for hybrids, and for SME operations only 12% are considering EVs compared with 26% looking at hybrids.
More information: http://www.businesscar.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=6148&c=2&theme=0
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