“Contemporary incentives to spice up a flatlining electrical automobile market are urgently wanted, in accordance with the UK automotive trade,” you report (13 March). In keeping with figures compiled by the Society of Motor Producers & Merchants, electrical car gross sales rose 18% on the earlier 12 months in 2023, an additional 21% in 2024, and are up 42% within the first two months of 2025 on the similar interval in 2024. Might you or the carmakers clarify to me which a part of this curve is flatlining?David FarrarSheffield
I’m an everyday reader of the Guardian so am used to good journalism. Nevertheless, the heartfelt honesty of John Harris’s writing concerning the impression of music on his autistic son’s life took my breath away (‘He nails it on the primary take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son discover his voice, 15 March).Margaret CoupeLongnor, Staffordshire
Relating to artwork appreciation (Letters, 17 March), when taking my six-year-old daughter around the John Moores portray prize exhibition in Liverpool’s Walker Artwork Gallery within the Nineteen Eighties, she innocently inquired of the summary entries on present: “What age group is that this?” Out of the mouths…Stephen PercyEaston, Hampshire
What a delight to listen to about Ruth Eversley’s “organ recital” (Letters, 17 March). With our associates we frequently, now, discover solace in empathetic joint accounts.Lindsay BashfordMarket Drayton, Shropshire
“Derek Longmuir, drummer and musician, 74” (Birthdays, 19 March). Ouch! Cue any variety of drummer jokes.Jude CarrLondon
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