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[@colinwalker79](/creator/twitter/colinwalker79)
"Much of our media keeps making the same mistake when it reports on EVs No the car industry does not need to hit XX% EV sales in 2025 Flexibilities that the car industry lobbied for lower the target for 2025 to XX% And with sales currently at XXXX% industry is on target"  
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"Why It implies that the cheapest EVs on the market are a) Chinese and b) start at 18000 Both wrong The cheapest new EV on the market is a Dacia - a Romanian brand owned by Renault a French brand - and it starts at 14995"  
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""Oxfordshire launches on-street EV charging scheme" Cable channels will be installed outside XXX homes that don't have driveways Will allow people to run their EVs for 2p per mile (petrol = 15p) If Oxfordshire can do it then every authority can do it"  
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"Maybe if your driving involves trips from London to Exeter & Pembrokeshire you shouldn't have bought an EV with a small range (Nissan Leaf = XXX miles) and which gets one star for 'long distance suitability' from EV Database In short you bought the wrong car"  
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"Lots of Gov EV announcements in last 24hrs And lots of dodgy reporting The best/worst being this gem from @BBCNews "The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double the cost of a typical petrol car at 22000" Categorically wrong - here's why:"  
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"Buyers of new EVs priced under 37000 to get discount of up to XX% Government's new 650m EV grant scheme will offer discount of up to 3750 for the greenest vehicles based on sustainability criteria We're waiting details of these criteria"  
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"@Berbafaz Very frustrating Can you reply to them and say well Oxfordshire (and others) allow it - why can't you Would be interesting to see their response"  
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"EVs only account for XXX% of vehicles on the road but do XXX% of the miles The @racfoundation who did the research said: "EVs are starting to take over where the diesel left off providing a practical alternative in terms of range and cost per mile""  
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"More on news doing the rounds yesterday "Stellantis to end development of hydrogen vehicles to focus on EVs""  
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"More detail from @SteveFowler about which EVs will qualify for the Gov's new EV grant. Main things: Company must have recognised CO2 emission targets in place Car gets an environmental score based on emissions when building the vehicle & battery 1/3"  
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"As it happens the BBC also made another error in saying: "some Chinese brands are beginning to market their electric cars for as little as 18000" Even this is wrong"  
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