EVA England | Our Work and Campaigns : EVA England

At EVA England, we represent the voices of electric vehicle drivers and advocate for a faster, fairer transition to electric.

Our work spans national policy, industry engagement, and public awareness, and thanks to our members’ engagement we’ve ensured that the needs and experiences of drivers are heard at every level.

The time since EVA England’s formation has seen rapid developments in the market, and many policy initiatives, and whether we’re responding to government consultations, working with charge point operators, or supporting new EV drivers through outreach and resources, our focus is always on making electric driving better and accessible to everyone.

Through surveys, workshops, and direct feedback, our members play a vital role in shaping the policies we champion.

You can explore our current EV policy priorities to see where we’re currently pushing for change on the issues that matter most to drivers.

And if you’re not a member yet, make sure to join EVA England today to support our work and ensure that together we can make our voices heard.

Our ZEV Mandate Consultation ResponseFind out more

The Great EV Charging SurveyFind out more

EV Drivers' Manifesto 2024Find our more

Powering UpFind out more

Constituency EV MapFind out more

2025

This year, we’re continuing to champion the needs of EV drivers by pushing for action and change where it matters most.

We’ve already submitted our response to the government’s ZEV Mandate consultation, publishing our Key Steps to Driving EV Demand report, focussing not just on the principle of the mandate, which of course we support, but on what drivers believe is needed to make the switch to electric easier and more affordable.

And there’s more to come! Our campaigns in 2025 are shaped by what drivers told they care about most, from public charging and upfront costs to equal access for those without off-street parking.

Explore our EV policy priorities to see the issues guiding our work this year

2024

In May, we launched our EV Driver’s Manifesto in Parliament.

We were thrilled to see key figures from the EV landscape in attendance, including the Chair of the Transport Committee, the Chair of the APPG for Electric Vehicles, and the Government Minister for Decarbonisation.
This manifesto reflects the voices of our members, and was shaped through a series of workshops earlier in the year.

September saw the release of the 2024 edition of our Great EV Charging Survey report.

With a record-breaking 1,700+ respondents, the findings were clear:
91% would not return to a petrol or diesel car, backed up by the 86% who are finding EVs cheaper to run.

Another big highlight this year was the new public charging regulations kicking in in November, which promise to make the charging experience even better.

We will be looking closely to see how Open Data changes the landscape and how the 99% uptime, something that we fought hard to get, will be enforced going forward.

2023

Since our funding, we had been campaigning for Public Charge Points regulations, and these were finally passed in July 2023.

From better reliability, clearer pricing, easier payments and open data, these regulations will empower UK EV drivers.

During the summer of 2023, we ran the Great EV Charging Survey, the 2023 edition of our EV driver survey, and the largest of its kind with over 1,600 responses.

We published our findings in December in the Great EV Charging Report, covering EV driver experiences, charging habits, and consumer confidence.

In October, we launched the Constituency EV Map, a detailed overview of each constituency’s journey towards sustainable transport.

Its goal is to be a useful tool for EV drivers, MPs and policymakers as it allows them to check their local area and see national trends.

And finally, in November we launched Powering Up, a policy report on how to boost access to electric vehicles.

Powering Up demonstrates how we can get more people into EVs, especially those on lower income, through three simple, pragmatic and cost-effective ways.

2022

We saw great results in the announcements of the ZEV Mandate, the consumer experience regulations, the new BSI standards on EV chargers, and the extending of BIK Rates.

2021

In April 2021, we organised a detailed survey in response to the Government’s consultation on the consumer experience of EV chargepoints.

We called for a number of the improvements needed in our response on behalf of over 1000 EV drivers (April 2021). These included simplified payment systems, clear and agreed pricing, improved reliability of chargepoints, improved signage and accessibility in general, and access to more open data in our response to the Government (April 2021) and we have continued to make representations on these points.

In November 2021, we responded on behalf of our members to the Government’s Future of Transport Regulatory Review consultation again representing the interests and views of consumers on EV car parking, consumer redress and improved EV infrastructure.

We made a submission on the Government’s proposals and supported the call for a ZEV mandate to enable faster transition to EVs through the 2020s.

With international EV association partners in GEVA including EVA Scotland, we organised the Electric Road to COP26, an EV rally to COP26 across Europe to Glasgow, calling for faster transition to EVs globally.

2020

In July 2020, we ran our first EV drivers survey, asking for their views on the Government’s ambitions to bring forward the phase out date ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans. We received over 1,100 responses, which we used to feed into our response on the Government’s consultation.

The overwhelming majority of our survey participants indicated that the phase out date should be moved to a date earlier than 2035. We therefore advocated for the earliest possible phase out date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans, which we see as 2030, and that the phase out should ensure that only new cars and vans with zero-tailpipe emissions are able to be sold after 2030.

In November 2020, the Government announced its decision to bring forward the phasing out of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 – ten years earlier than planned – as part of the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

EVA England welcomed the UK Government’s confirmed commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. However, in the run up to the 2030 phase-out date there are still a number of challenges to be addressed, ranging from supporting motorists to be able to switch to electric vehicles in the most affordable way possible, to ensuring drivers have confidence in the UK public charging network.

We are represented on the Steering Committee of the British Standards Institute and Motability project looking at accessibility of EV chargepoints.
We are part of the OZEV Second-Hand EV Working Group.
We made a submission to the Competition and Markets Authority Electric Vehicle Charging market study.
We are active members of the ZEMO Members Council.
We are involved in ongoing Government work on improving EV infrastructure across England.
We have an alliance with EV driver associations in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Wales, and around the globe.
We are also working in a number of Government, Parliament (the Select Committee on Transport and the APPG on Electric Vehicles) and industry working groups, all advancing the EV driver agenda and raising issues brought to us by our members.

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