EDITOR’S NOTE The Times They Are a-Changin’

Thankfully, the EV industry is cracking on at its typical ‘ultra-rapid’ pace. Over the past month, we have seen more charging hubs open all over the country and even more electric vehicles hit the road. As Bob Dylan once said, ‘the times they are-a changing’, but it’s business as usual in the world of electric vehicles. It’s business as usual from us at EV Powered, too, with another magazine packed full of all your favourite news, reviews and features.

Our cover story for this month is a review of GMC’s fully-electric Hummer, which our Managing Director, Richard Alvin, went to see back in December. As you’ll find out on page 19, this thing is BIG, but it’s also packed full of innovative features which you can discover in our six-page article.

I also sat down with the leader of the Max Adventure team, Mac Mckenney, for a chat about his mammoth EV expedition from Oslo to Lisbon last year. You can read all about his journey and the challenges that come with a 3,000-mile trip in an EV on page 7.

As we begin to settle into 2023, it dawned on me that the magical year of 2030, where the ban on sales of petrol and diesel is to come into effect, really isn’t far away at all.

As an industry, 2030 is seen as the year where the UK will become completely electric, autonomous cars will roam the streets, and there will be eVTOL’s whizzing around the skies like something out of ‘Back To The Future 2’.

However, that all important date is only seven years away, and in a podcast recorded with Ash Tate, the CEO and founder of EV charging firm Mina, the real deadline is actually a few years before that. Sure, the ban might come into effect by then, but particularly for businesses and fleets, it’s going to take a little bit of time to transition over to electric vehicles. Even for consumers, lead times for EVs are quite long at the moment, and as demand continues to grow, they are going to get even longer.

As we approach the middle of the decade, suddenly, the clock is ticking and you may need to get a bit of a wiggle on to avoid being left behind in the EV revolution.

Elsewhere in this issue, we have our usual Formula E and Extreme E coverage, a breakdown of some of the most interesting facts and figures regarding the EV industry, and a ‘Top Ten’ feature that reveals the most interesting EV-finds from the CES exhibition in Las Vegas!

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