The range of the electric car is tripled in ten years to 257 miles on a single charge

The average battery-powered car sold in Britain can now travel nearly 260 miles on a single charge, and the range of electric vehicles has more than tripled in the last ten years.

Battery models in showrooms today have an average stated range of 257 miles compared to just 74 miles in 2011, says the Society of Engine Manufacturers and Dealers.

It says that the number of connected vehicles on the market has increased almost 15 times during this period, which he called the first “electric decade”.

Electric cars have certainly come a long way since 2011.

This was the year when the first British mass market electric model – the Nissan Leaf – appeared on the UK market.

The Sunderland-made EV debuted with a stated range of 93 miles, which would be enough to deliver drivers from London to Northampton on a single charge.

Let’s move ten years ahead, and Nissan’s current Leaf + can travel up to 239 miles, which is enough to get from the capital to Liverpool without having to stop for a charge.

Of all the electric models currently sold in the UK, the Mercedes EQS offers the largest power reserve.

The EQS 450+ has a huge distance of up to 453 miles on a single charge – though you’ll have to shell out £ 102,160 for the privilege.

SMMT has listed every EV in showrooms right now, as well as battery-powered models – both fully electric and “extended-range” hybrids that were available to the British in 2011.

In addition to increasing power reserve, increasing the availability of a variety of plug-in cars – both fully electric and plug-in hybrids – has put you at risk of growing sales of low-emission cars compared to a decade ago.

About 140 fork models are now on sale in the UK.

And if in 2011 only 1,082 purely electric models were sold, last year this figure rose to 190,727.

The SMMT said such progress shows the “ingenuity and investment” of the automotive industry, and promised that this trend will continue if all the leading manufacturers and importers of cars in the UK by 2025 will issue another 150 new and updated plugins for the UK market.

These figures will be music to the ears of Boris Johnson, who continues to insist on plans to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 – and hybrids from 2035 – in a bid to achieve ambitious goals with zero value.

But while manufacturers are keeping up with the deal by making more sophisticated battery-powered cars available, both industry and consumers are bringing in a limited number of public chargers on UK roads, the trade body said.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Transport confirmed that the number of public chargers available in Britain exceeded 30,000, an increase of a third per year.

The government has already said it wants to have 300,000 chargers by the end of the decade.

However, automakers have concerns.

They believe this number will not be enough to meet demand, concerned that there will be a serious shortage of fast charging, and have had problems with lottery postal codes charging solutions across the UK, in areas such as Northern Ireland and the North West part In England there are far fewer devices than in other parts of the country.

For example, in the North-West there is a 5.9 fast charge per 100,000 people compared to 111 in London.

Add to the equation the rise in energy prices, where average charging costs will rise by about £ 200 a year, along with the lack of special electricity tariffs – and cuts in grants for vehicles and home chargers in recent months, and SMMT said the minister said. there is something to be decided by 2030.

Mike Howes, CEO of SMMT, said: “However, to turn this nascent demand into a mass market, motorists need choice, affordability and confidence to pay.

“The UK has ambitious deadlines to reach pure zero, and road transport must bear the greatest burden to achieve this goal.

“The industry is ready for this challenge, but we need all stakeholders, including the government, charging station suppliers and energy companies, to meet the commitments of manufacturers, providing competitive incentives and an infrastructure that guarantees a zero-emission future.”