Electric shock as sales of green cars go into reverse

[UK]
Sales of electric cars have fallen by more than half this year, according to figures released two days after the Government’s climate change advisory body predicted a huge increase.

Only 156 electric cars were sold from January to October, compared with 374 for the same period last year.

Nice Car Company, one of the two main British distributors of electric cars, went into administration yesterday. Set up in 2006, the company had been selling an all-electric version of the French-made Aixam Mega. It had also planned to bring a range of new models to market by the end of the year.

However, sales have dropped to fewer than one car a week...

["cars nobody wants"? These are they - and our government is about to force our auto makers to produce them regardless...]

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