Experts have issued a warning over a lack of understanding around new electric vehicle rules coming into force this Thursday. Nearly half (46%) of 500 British fleet managers interviewed by EO were confused by or unaware of the upcoming rules on the sale of smart EV chargers.
Nearly three quarters of firms (73%) reported their adoption of EV vehicles had been complicated or held back by recent changes to regulations and grants. Earlier this month the Government ended the plug-in-grant for cars nearly a year earlier than it had originally promised.
Charlie Jardine, CEO at EO Charging, said: “Bringing in new market policy or legislation isn’t easy; it takes time for an industry to adapt. But these businesses don’t have time – they’ve got a hard deadline to transition to electric and need to feel confident in the economic and environmental case for doing so. It’s vital that government and industry providers, like EO, do what we can to ensure confusion over these law changes does not slow down the pace of fleet electrification.
