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Motoring figures | The power of music | Art appreciation | Friends’ joint accounts | Drummer jokes“Fresh incentives to boost a flatlining electric car market are urgently needed, according to the UK automotive industry,” you report (13 March). According to figures compiled by the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, electric vehicle sales rose 18% on the previous year in 2023, a further 21% in 2024, and are up 42% in the first two months of 2025 on the same period in 2024. Could you or the carmakers explain to me which part of this curve is flatlining?David FarrarSheffield• I am a regular reader of the Guardian so am used to good journalism. However, the heartfelt honesty of John Harris’s writing about the impact of music on his autistic son’s life took my breath away (‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice, 15 March).Margaret CoupeLongnor, Staffordshire Continue reading…
Motoring figures | The power of music | Art appreciation | Friends’ joint accounts | Drummer jokes
“Fresh incentives to boost a flatlining electric car market are urgently needed, according to the UK automotive industry,” you report (13 March). According to figures compiled by the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders, electric vehicle sales rose 18% on the previous year in 2023, a further 21% in 2024, and are up 42% in the first two months of 2025 on the same period in 2024. Could you or the carmakers explain to me which part of this curve is flatlining?
David Farrar
Sheffield
• I am a regular reader of the Guardian so am used to good journalism. However, the heartfelt honesty of John Harris’s writing about the impact of music on his autistic son’s life took my breath away (‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice, 15 March).
Margaret Coupe
Longnor, Staffordshire