Car Shades - Manufacturing Car Shades for Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles are on the rise, here’s why and the Car Shades we supply for Electric models.

2021 was another great year for the sale of electric vehicles with an increase of 76.3% year on year, even alongside a market that was 28.7% below pre-Covid-19 levels. Last year, more battery electric vehicles were sold than over the previous five years combined with 190,727 registrations (11.6% of all new car sales). Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle also made up 7% or 114,554 cars. This means that 18.5% of all new cars registered in 2021 can be plugged in – which is truly amazing!

But why the rise in demand for EV?

Government 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars 

The Government has brought forward the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars to 2030 from the original 2035 date.

Environmental awareness

There is a growing awareness and desire from consumers to become ‘greener’ from the Government’s Net Zero target.

Improvement in technology

In the past, there have been questions around the technology of EV and the affordability of owning one. Charging infrastructure has also been developed to help support the growth, and now there are various charging solutions.

How are Car Shades doing their bit?

At Car Shades we are conscious of our impact on the environment and how we can help others too, so have begun developing our Electric Vehicle range. We currently supply car shades for the MG ZS SUV, the Mercedes EQC and Ford Puma which have been very popular. We are really excited to have developed our first Polestar in January and we are in development for producing Car Shades for the Ford Mustang MachE – so look out for those at the end of the month!  We also supply Car Shades for a range of hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Corolla and Prius.

Car Shades fit using clips to the frame of your windows and not the glass to allow you to still wind the window down whilst the shade stays in place. For this reason, we are currently unable to supply Car Shades for cars with frameless windows, such as the Tesla, but it is something we are working hard to be able to offer soon.

Our manufacturing operation is based in Nottinghamshire and is accredited with the ISO 9001 certification which is the international standard for quality. We manufacture right here in the UK not only to closely manage and maintain our standards of quality, but to also minimise our carbon footprint by not importing from all over the globe.

We are always looking to do more and expand our offering for electric vehicle drivers, so if we do not currently offer Car Shades for your vehicle – please do get in touch as we would love to make Car Shades for your EV!