A NEW REPORT has revealed the number of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV) cars registered in Worcester and Malvern in the last 12 months has increased by 36.7 and 26.4 per cent respectively.
Throughout 2018 In Worcester the city had 158 of the vehicles but during 2019 there were 216.
Malvern saw a quarter increase from 235 the year before last to 297 in 2019.
Exeter came top of the poll after registering 1,194 ULEVs in 2019, compared to 464 in 2018.
ULEV describes any vehicle which uses low carbon technologies, emits less than 75g of CO2/km from the exhaust and is capable of operating in zero tailpipe emission zone for a range of at least ten miles.
ULEVs range from pure electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles, to plug-in hybrids and extended range electric vehicles.
Alex Buttle from motorway.co.uk said with Britain leaving the EU and the focus returning to domestic matters the Goverment had its part to play as well.
“With consumer confidence low and with the domestic auto industry suffering, is now the time for the Government to introduce electric vehicle purchase subsidies to help consumers make the leap to electric?”
