The car industry is bracing itself for 2020 to be a breakthrough year for pure electric cars, with the number of models in British showrooms set to more than double and annual sales of zero-emission passenger cars potentially breaking through the 100,000 mark. By the end of last year, 19 battery electric plug-in cars were on general sale in the UK, ranging from the sub-£20,000 electric Smart cars with ranges of less than 70 miles to the top of the range Tesla around £80,000, claiming a range on a single charge of more than 300 miles. A pure electric car derives all its power from rechargeable batteries and thus has no internal combustion engine and produces zero emissions. An audit of the British launch plans…

Source: The Times January 12, 2020 18:00 UTC