{"id":"2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","language":"en","title":"ScottishPower reports a 630% rise in EV-offer enquiries","summary":"The company also said adoption of its EV Optimise service was 430% higher year over year.","body":["ScottishPower said on 1 October that enquiries for its dedicated electric-vehicle offers had risen by around 630% compared with the same time a year earlier. It also reported that uptake of its EV Optimise charging service was 430% higher over that comparison.","The company presented the figures as activity across its own offers. Enquiries count customer interest, while uptake refers to adoption of the named charging service; neither measure is a count of vehicle sales or registrations.","The release relates the changes to its customer services but does not provide a detailed base count in the headline figures. The reported percentages should therefore be attributed to ScottishPower and read within that company-specific context.","This article uses the company’s enquiry and service-uptake figures only. They do not establish a market-wide change in electric-vehicle demand or quantify cost savings for drivers."],"keyPoints":["ScottishPower said on 1 October that enquiries for its dedicated electric-vehicle offers had risen by around 630% compared with the same time a year earlier. It also reported that uptake of its EV Optimise charging service was 430% higher over that comparison.","The company presented the figures as activity across its own offers. Enquiries count customer interest, while uptake refers to adoption of the named charging service; neither measure is a count of vehicle sales or registrations.","The release relates the changes to its customer services but does not provide a detailed base count in the headline figures. The reported percentages should therefore be attributed to ScottishPower and read within that company-specific context."],"sections":[],"text":"ScottishPower reports a 630% rise in EV-offer enquiries\n\nThe company also said adoption of its EV Optimise service was 430% higher year over year.\n\nScottishPower said on 1 October that enquiries for its dedicated electric-vehicle offers had risen by around 630% compared with the same time a year earlier. It also reported that uptake of its EV Optimise charging service was 430% higher over that comparison.\n\nThe company presented the figures as activity across its own offers. Enquiries count customer interest, while uptake refers to adoption of the named charging service; neither measure is a count of vehicle sales or registrations.\n\nThe release relates the changes to its customer services but does not provide a detailed base count in the headline figures. The reported percentages should therefore be attributed to ScottishPower and read within that company-specific context.\n\nScottishPower said on 1 October that enquiries for its dedicated electric-vehicle offers had risen by around 630% compared with the same time a year earlier. It also reported that uptake of its EV Optimise charging service was 430% higher over that comparison.\n\nThe company presented the figures as activity across its own offers. Enquiries count customer interest, while uptake refers to adoption of the named charging service; neither measure is a count of vehicle sales or registrations.\n\nThe release relates the changes to its customer services but does not provide a detailed base count in the headline figures. The reported percentages should therefore be attributed to ScottishPower and read within that company-specific context.\n\nThis article uses the company’s enquiry and service-uptake figures only. They do not establish a market-wide change in electric-vehicle demand or quantify cost savings for drivers.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-01","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-01","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"attribution":"ScottishPower, EV enquiries surge as fuel costs rise, 1 October 2026; company copyright, all rights reserved; no third-party prices, text, graphics or media reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","name":"ScottishPower","publishedAt":"2026-10-01","url":"https://www.scottishpower.com/w/ev-enquiries-surge-as-fuel-costs-rise"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-nordic-scottishpower-ev-enquiries-fuel-costs-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"dataKinds":["project-update"],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"geographies":[{"countryCode":"GB","role":"economic-scope","subdivisionCode":null},{"countryCode":"GB","role":"issuer-location","subdivisionCode":"GB-SCT"}],"measurementPeriod":null,"version":"1"}}