Melanie Shufflebotham

Heathrow car fire @TheSun @DailyMail @DailyMirror & @Daily_Express have been quick to share 'rumours' the car was an EV Even though @LondonFire has said "A diesel car...was destroyed by fire" and "the cause of the fire is under investigation" A🧵 thesun.co.uk/news/36881240/…

2 weeks ago @BBCNews made a decidedly dodgy claim about EVs: "The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double the cost of a typical petrol car at £22k" This was categorically wrong, and we're pleased to say our request for a correction has been successful

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 £22,000" Categorically wrong - here's why: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Back in March, we complained to the BBC after @BBCr4today made errors in its reporting on the UK govt's relationship with Tesla A long overdue update: the BBC has admitted & corrected one of these *mistakes/errors* A win, but also disappointing... 🧵

Here's some A-grade EV misinformation from the @Telegraph "EV fires up 77% in two years!!!" What the @Telegraph fails to mention is that the number of EVs on our roads has gone up 105% in those 2 years Which means the frequency of EV fires has actually gone down! 1/4

Pleased to see the @guardian correct an article from a couple of months ago, which made some dodgy claims about EV demand falling A short 🧵 on three things they got wrong... theguardian.com/business/2025/…

OK, so, the SMMT's new car sales data for February What's it telling us? A thread

Today we published some analysis on what a weakening of the Government's EV sales targets - the ZEV mandate - would do to the 2nd hand EV market It's not pretty 2.7m fewer 2nd hand EVs would be available - adding £40bn in total running costs for UK drivers A thread

So, tomorrow we get the data for new car sales in January 2025 As always, attention will focus on how EV sales performed And, of late, quite a few misleading things have been said about EV sales Here's a thread on what they are, and why they're misleading

🚨 A recent article in @thetimes by political editor Steven Swinford contained a major factual error - the claim that demand for EVs was falling After our complaint to @ipsonews, and some stonewalling by the paper, the article has finally been corrected A thread 🧵

@GBNEWS Makes sense - EV drivers are happy with their choices (90% wouldnt go back!) and 17% of all new car sales this year to date have been fully electric ⚡⚡⚡

Three in five drivers to make switch to electric car in next two years amid declining petrol sales gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars…

@RGSPE Yes Emily and Lydia won Gold in their WJ15 quad 😬

Congratulations to all of our RGS students who attended the British Schools rowing champs Mon/Tue. Tara & Maddie won a bronze on their double. Any other results? Can’t wait to watch team GB row in Paris.

@RGSPE Great day at British Rowing Championships in Nottingham yesterday. Gold for WJ15 quad and Bronze for WJ14 double. From RGs Maddy, Tara, Lydia and Emily with previous winners Meg and Daisy in support.

🎉 Hot off the press! We've published new stats on public charge point installations in Q1 of 2024 👇 🌞 Chargers are being installed at a 35% higher rate than 2023 🌞 The first three months of 2024 saw 55 new high-power hubs open in the UK See more 👉 tinyurl.com/38vwtupk

🎉 We're very pleased to be one of seven winners of the @marieclaireuk Sustainability Awards 2023! 🎉 👩‍⚖️ Chosen by Marie Claire Sustainability Award judges, Zapmap is one of the seven best #sustainable transport companies in the world. See more here 👉 tinyurl.com/2uj25anz

⚡ We're very pleased to confirm that the UK has hit a major milestone of 50,000 charge points. 🔮 And given the current rate of installation, our calculations show that the UK is likely to reach 100,000 chargers as early as August 2025. See more ➡ zap-map.com/news/uk-50000-…

Why @rugbyworldcup in 2023 is your main sponsor the @LandRover_UK Defender? It emits 235-250g CO2 per km. Everytime I turn on the TV to watch a match I cringe at the advert.

📈 Our latest statistics show that 1,999 #EVchargers were added to Zapmap during #July2023. ⚡ There are now almost 46,000 #publicchargers in the UK 💥 There's been a 92% increase in the number of #ultrarapid devices since July 2022. See more here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdd8rrva

Have your say! Today is the first of two public drop in sessions to see the plans for St Christopher's. Do they meet our community planning principles? Tell us what you think. 3-7pm at the main entrance on Westbury Road. #WestburyPark #Community #dontoverdevelop