How electric cars can create the biggest disruption since iPhone
It’s 10 years since Apple unleashed a surge of innovation that upended the mobile phone industry. Electric cars, with a little help from ride-hailing and self-driving technology, could be about to pull the same trick on Big Oil.
2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid goes on sale in UK
The Kia Niro Hybrid has been on sale in the United States since early 2017, but at its launch, the brand promised a plug-in hybrid version would arrive by the end of this year as well.
Renault ZOE wins Parkers Eco Car of the Year 2018
The Renault ZOE has been awarded Best Eco Car at the Parkers New Car Awards 2018. This is further recognition for Renault’s all-electric supermini which boasts the longest range of any mainstream electric vehicle at 250 miles (NEDC).
Shell Retail Looks to the Future With Car Charging
Company wants 20% of fuel margins from non-petroleum vehicles Plans to offer first charging point in the U.K. this month Royal Dutch Shell Plc wants 20 percent of fuel margins from its retail forecourts to come from vehicles that don’t
Towing with a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric car
An increasing number of motorists are considering a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric model for their next car, replacing a diesel or petrol. While this can be a great move for cutting pollution and ensuring you have an affordable car
Electric vehicles dominate Frankfurt Motor Show
Judging from the floor here at the Frankfurt Motor Show, gas is out and electricity is in. As the world searches for ways to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency, manufacturers are doing their part by offering new EVs, be
‘Slowing It Down Matters’: What Harvey and Irma Tell Us About Climate Change
I wrote my first feature for Rolling Stone, about the already observable impacts of global warming, back in 2004. The piece, “Diary of a Dying Planet,” leads with a heatwave that killed tens of thousands of Europeans in the summer
A lesson from Hurricane Irma: capitalism can’t save the planet – it can only destroy it
There was “a flaw” in the theory: this is the famous admission by Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, to a congressional inquiry into the 2008 financial crisis. His belief that the self-interest of the lending institutions
The curious enquirer, how electric car drivers are helping to change the public’s view on electric motoring
At least once a month I get stopped to talk about my electric car, usually as I plug-in to charge but sometimes after parking. People want to know what it’s ‘really like’.