Diesel sales crash in Europe, petrol and electrified cars are on the rise
The diesel scare plummets low-CO2 cars’ sales
Banning hybrid cars is a good start, but we must do more if we’re serious about cutting emissions
Leaked reports yesterday appeared to suggest that the government is considering including some hybrid cars in a sale ban to be enforced by 2040, much to the misguided anger of Prius owners and the auto industry.In fact this suggestion doesn’t
‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
The 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it
A radical way to cut emissions – ration everyone’s flights
An individual cap on air travel, that people can trade with each other, would help to reduce the impact of flying
Renault Zoe named Best Green Car at FirstCar Awards 2018
The 100 per cent electric Renault ZOE has earned yet another award, this time for new drivers, with judges naming it ‘Best Green Car’ at the inaugural FirstCar Awards 2018.Hosted by FirstCar at the Royal Automobile Club in London, the
Nissan to Introduce New All-Electric Van, e-NV200
Nissan has announced plans to introduce its new all-electric e-NV200 5-passenger van at the Consumer Vehicle Show in Birmingham, England this month.Specifications include a 40 kWh battery pack, contributing to a 186-mile (300 kilometers) range per Japan’s more liberal EPA
Walt Disney plans another 50MW solar project to power two theme parks
[Good news! See what I thought when I visited: How far behind is Disney?]
UK plug-in car market grows to almost 150,000 vehicles
The first three months of this year saw 13,327 new electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered, a 16% increase on the same quarter last year, bringing the total on UK roads to 147,431.Plug-in hybrids have fuelled the growth so far
Tesla Quietly Raised the Price of the Powerwall
That’s not what usually happens when you scale up mass production.