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Motability Operations Embarks on 500-Mile Welsh EV Rally to Inform Inclusive EV Future

Cardiff, Wales (November 11, 2024): The Cymru EV Rally comes at a crucial time for the UK's EV transition, coinciding with the Welsh government’s ambitious plans to ensure...

New EV demonstrator provides roadmap for manufacturers to harness wheelchair-friendly design

• Pioneering electric wheelchair accessible vehicle (eWAV) sparks accessible design innovation to ensure wheelchair users are not left behind in the EV transition 

• M...

A fifth of UK future car buyers state they will never move to an EV, but exposure offers a key solution to smooth the UK’s switch

• Limited experience of EVs could be placing the UK’s EV transition at risk, as a fifth (19%) of future car buyers believe they will never buy an EV.
• However, exposure offers a pote...

Inaccessible cross-pavement products and installation barriers could prevent many from switching to an EV

• Cross-pavement products could help accelerate the EV transition by enabling more people to charge via their home energy supply and access cheaper rates.
• However, a new report from...

Proximity problems face UK's EV switch as many Brits wouldn’t walk 10 minutes to access a public charger

• Just 31% of people would walk over 10 minutes home from a public EV charger. 
• With new figures showing that the average walk-time to a public charger for UK households is 11...

Perceived cost issues blocking the EV transition as many Brits still unconvinced by savings from driving electric

• Over a third (36%) of future car buyers say they won't consider an EV for their next vehicle, with 29% of this group citing that EVs are more expensive to run than petrol/ diesel cars as a...

Used battery health pledge boosts UK dealer and driver confidence in EVs

• Results from a new trial, guaranteeing 90% battery life in used electric vehicles (EVs), showed improved confidence and consideration of the vehicles – with dealer searches for EVs increas...

The Motability Scheme evolves for the future while staying firmly committed to supporting disabled people

• ⁠Motability Scheme confirms the need for change today in response to the Budget, continuing its core purpose of delivering vital mobility solutions for disabled people across the UK, and m...

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What the automotive industry can learn from the CEO leading the way to electric vehicles for 700,000 disabled people

Andrew Miller, chief executive of Motability Operations, used his first keynote speech today to show how the lived experience of its 700,000 disabled customers should be used in making a switch...

The results are in: Two students win a placement at CALLUM to explore next-generation design & engineering solutions that could benefit thousands of Motability Scheme customers

Two students from Coventry University and The Glasgow School of Art have been selected by Motability Operations and CALLUM to help design and engineer an electric Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (...