Within the run-up to the announcement of the general winner of the 2024 UK Automotive of The 12 months (COTY) Awards , the seven main class winners in competition for that prize have simply been launched. Curiously, while one in 4 vehicles bought within the UK now being a plug-in electrical, 5 of the seven class winners had been full electrical!
Much more fascinating was they had been all from completely different car producers … and that Tesla wasn’t amongst them. (As Tesla launched no new EVs to the UK market in 2023).
One other fascinating side is 4 of the 5 EVs can be found (or quickly to be) in Australia, however solely one of many two inner combustion engine vehicles is. (The Honda Civic Sort R).
The record of winners in competition for the general UK COTY are listed under – these in daring being totally electrical:
• Small Automotive – Renault Clio
• Household Automotive – Hyundai Ioniq 6
• Small Crossover – Volvo EX30 (Australian arrival anticipated very quickly)
• Medium Crossover – Fisker Ocean (Not out there in Australia)
• Massive Crossover – Kia EV9
• Govt Automotive – BMW i5
• Efficiency Automotive – Honda Civic Sort R
To qualify for an award, the automobile must have been launched on or after January 1, 2023, or be on sale by December 31, 2023.
Scoring is completed by each choose voting for the automobile they wish to win that part. If there’s a tie, these tied vehicles go right into a second spherical of voting with every choose selecting their favorite.
If that produces a tie, the chair has a casting vote. From there, to resolve the general UK Automotive of The 12 months Award the judges then vote for his or her most well-liked total winner out of the class winners.
The general winner might be introduced this weekend (Australian time) – however whichever automobile is the ultimate 2024 UK COTY winner – EVs on the whole are the unmistakable winner in being thought of the main know-how within the overwhelming majority of auto segments.
Bryce Gaton is an skilled on electrical automobiles and contributor for The Pushed and Renew Financial system. He has been working within the EV sector since 2008 and is at the moment working as EV electrical security coach/supervisor for the College of Melbourne. He additionally supplies assist for the EV Transition to enterprise, authorities and the general public by way of his EV Transition consultancy EVchoice.