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08.52 BST Fiat calls for more incentives to kick-start UK electric car demand Car manufacturer Fiat has warned that growth in electric car sales in the UK is tailing off, and called for more government help to get people to switch from fossil fuel vehicles. Fiat is concerned that EV sales are not accelerating as quickly as it or other manufacturers expected. In a letter to the government, it warns that the market share of EV’s in the UK has plateaued in the year since the Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG), which subsidied the cost, was abolished. Fiat is now asking...