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Alarming rise in UK EV thefts, Kia Niro leads. Surge in incidents demands advanced security measures.

Charging a vehicle seems like charging a mobile where you need an electric car (your smartphone), a charge point (your electricity outlet), and a charging cable (your charger). However, there are more technicalities involved, and the process is a little more complicated than charging a smartphone.

The coronavirus pandemic disrupted almost all industries in the world, including the automotive businesses, which were badly hit by lockdowns and supply chain issues.

The automotive world has chosen its best vehicle for 2022! The new Ioniq 5 EV has garnered the overall World Car of the Year honour along with World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design gongs.

What’s popular and what’s not? The recent SMMT car registrations data clearly shows us the vehicles that are winning the hearts of British consumers, as well as the ones losing their appeal.

The three finalists include the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and Kia EV6, with the last two EVs from the South Korean duo lately winning the highest accolades in the UK and European Car of the Year awards separately.

The UK authorities have set new regulations for private parking companies that forbid them to release Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) of more than £50.

The valuations expert Cap HPI recently released data regarding vehicles that witnessed the highest price increase between January 2021 and January 2022. Owing to the lower supply of new cars courtesy of the semiconductor shortage, the Brits had to resort to the UK’s used car market.

Auto Trader’s new Retail Price Index reveals the growth of 30.5 per cent year-on-year in December 2021.

Exploring further, we found that the new-generation Nissan Leaf (2018 forwards) received the second spot with a 97.7 percent success rate, while the 2014-2020 Volkswagen e-Golf secured the third position in the list with a 93.94 per cent pass rate.