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+== Electric Cars Are Close to Overtaking Petrol In the UK, Data Shows ==
+Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday November 08, 2026 06:34PM
+million people people live in the United Kingdom. And now >Electrek reports:
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+Battery-electric cars took 32% of the UK's new car market in October, while petrol cars fell to just 37.2%, according to new data from the SMMT. That's the closest the two have been. At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December.
+The UK registered 152,730 new cars in October, up 5.4% year-over-year and the 11th straight month of growth for the overall market. All of that growth came from plug-ins. Battery-electric vehicle registrations jumped 32.7% to 48,858 units, and plug-in hybrids rose 30.1% to 22,898. Meanwhile, petrol fell 11.6% to 56,876 units, diesel dropped 15.9%, and even conventional hybrids were down 5%...
+</blockquote>
+https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/11/09/0226229/electric-cars-are-close-to-overtaking-petrol-in-the-uk-data-shows
+== Electric cars are about to overtake petrol in the UK, data shows ==
+Fred Lambert - Nov 5 2026 6:58 am PT
+Battery-electric cars took 32% of the UK’s new car market in October, while petrol cars fell to just 37.2%, according to new data from the SMMT. That’s the closest the two have been.
+At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December.
+https://electrek.co/2026/11/05/uk-ev-sales-october-2026-electric-cars-overtake-petrol/
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+== What I learned driving the Slate electric truck prototype ==
+After 45 minutes behind the wheel, I am more optimistic about the $25,000 EV.
+Jonathan M. Gitlin – Nov 4, 2026 7:42 AM
+If my 45-minute drive yesterday morning is anything to go by, I think Slate Auto will have quite the hit on its hands. The startup had one of its prototype trucks in town and asked if I wanted to check it out—no jumping on a plane or having to spend yet another night in an interchangeable hotel room, just a drive from southwest DC to Rockville, Maryland. Easy-peasy.
+The prototype truck had been well-used, with almost 6,000 miles (9,656 km) showing on the small and minimalist but very legible digital display that also shows your speed and, if you engage reverse, the backup camera. And while the cabin layout was representative of the production version, the surfaces most certainly weren’t—the prototype instead uses a lot of hard and shiny black plastic, with strips of Velcro here and there left over from when the interior had to be camouflaged when the vehicle was out in public.
+Getting acquainted with the Slate was refreshingly easy. The Morris Marina-like door handles open with a pleasing mechanical action. The seat and steering column adjust manually but with plenty of reach, something many budget models used to leave out to save on cost.
+The key fob slots into the dash to turn it on, and there’s a column shifter to select from drive, neutral, park, and reverse. Set your mirrors first—also by hand—and it’s time to go. Visibility from the two-seat cab is good, and even though the Slate is on the smaller side, it’s as tall as most other crossovers at 68 inches (1.7 m), so you still sit relatively high up, certainly compared to a sedan.
+https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/11/what-i-learned-driving-the-slate-electric-truck-prototype/