Octopus EV to launch personal lease service

The latest news from the world of EVs

Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a weekly British EV newsletter.

In today’s edition… I speak to Oliver Boots, Sales and Marketing Director at Octopus Electric Vehicles about their huge growth, a new personal lease offer, and the second life of their cars.

Further down and elsewhere… Apple’s patented a new EV charger, Shell makes a new chargepoint pledge, and price parity moves further away.

As ever, if you have any questions or comments, please do drop me a line (tomrileylondon@gmail.com) or simply reply to this email.

Octopus EV on delivering cars to the masses

There’s no denying it, most new electric cars are still expensive. And thanks to sky-high prices for key materials like lithium and nickel, plus the ongoing semiconductor shortage, it’s likely they will remain pricey for a while. However, for most people, the list price doesn’t matter, as who buys with cash nowadays anyway?

It’s estimated more than 80% of car purchases in the UK are made using a personal contract purchase …