Automotive
Electrical retailer Hughes recruits Lightfoot to cut carbon impact of deliveries
Lightfoot will install its in-car coaching device into 200 vans and 20 cars that make up Hughes' delivery fleet
Ford scrappage scheme: Breath of fresh air or fig leaf for diesels?
Ford is offering £2,000 to help drivers of older vehicles switch to cleaner petrol and diesel models - but why isn't the industry incentivising EVs instead?
Ford launches branded scrappage for polluting cars
Automaker to offer drivers £2,000 to trade in old polluting cars for newer petrol and diesel Ford models
100 UK firms promise electric fleets by 2020
Ovo Energy, Santander UK, Gatwick Airport, Swansea University and Oxford City Council all promise to adopt electric vehicles by 2020 under government-backed Go Ultra Low campaign
Hyundai signals electric future, promising EV with 500km range
South Korean carmaker outlines EV-focused roadmap as it ramps up ambitions to become greenest automaker
Deutsche Post DHL and Ford deliver new electric van
First of the duo's latest electric delivery vans, known as the 'StreetScooter', unveiled in Germany
Drax: Greener grid has slashed carbon impact of EVs
New research from Drax and Imperial College London suggests rapid rise in renewables on UK grid has transformed carbon profile of electric vehicles
Electric autobahn: Siemens to debut on-the-go truck charging technology
German eHighway trial to erect 10km overhead contact line to supply power to hybrid electric trucks
Diesel car sale forecasts tail off amid air pollution fears
Industry forecasts for 2017 and 2019 suggest continued decline in demand for new diesel cars as public concern over air pollution mounts
GM unveils low-cost electric car
General Motors' Chinese subsidiary - SAIC-GM - has officially launched its first fully electric vehicle, the Baojun E100
Time for a Chanje? US start-up speeds out of stealth mode in pursuit of electric truck breakthrough
US start-up brings together a host of senior auto industry execs to support launch of commercial electric van
Renewables and the new age of electric vehicles
RenewableUK's Emma Pinchbeck explores how the growing interest in electric vehicles opens up a whole new front for the clean energy transition
Convenient clean power: Seven-Eleven and Toyota team up for fuel cell trial
Japanese trial to deploy fuel cell, batteries, and energy management systems in bid to slash emissions from convenience store chain
Mazda boosts petrol engine efficiency in fresh blow to diesel
Japanese carmaker says from 2019 it will sell cars fitted with engines that largely eliminate need for spark plugs, improving fuel consumption by 30 per cent
Smart city: Leeds to trial tech that switches engines to electric when air pollution spikes
Cenex-led initiative will aim to integrate real-time emissions controls and live air quality data in a bid to tackle urban air pollution
Could vehicle light-weighting come with heavy carbon impacts?
Professor Mark Jolly warns light weight engines could have a sizeable carbon footprint, and asks if new energy labels for cars could help tackle embedded emissions
Tesla proposes $1.5bn bond issue to fund Model 3 drive
Electric vehicle giant plans first ever junk bond issue as it looks to pull in additional cash to support Model 3 roll out
Carmakers accused of 'clutching at straws' over retrofitting polluting diesels
VW, BMW, Opel and Daimler's promise to fix 5 million cars not enough to undo the damage done by emissions scandal, say campaigners
London to double size of electric car charging network in 2018
Mayor's Office announces £4.5m investment push will take number of on-street charge points to over 1,500
Roads could be covered with 'tunnels' to absorb pollution
Highways Agency studies Dutch scheme using 'cantilevered canopies' covered with pollution-absorbing material in effort to improve air quality
Reports: Maserati becomes latest car brand to join all-electric race
Every new Maserati produced from 2019 will be a hybrid or pure electric car, parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles reveals
LEVC opens order book for £55,600 electric black cabs
Chinese-owned firm claims cabbies buying new EVs will save £100 per week on running costs compared to current diesel taxis
OVO Energy powers up smart electric vehicle charging drive
Energy supplier launches new EV Everywhere service to provide customers with free membership to the UK's largest charging network
Electric vehicles can power buildings without degrading batteries, researchers discover
Scientists at the University of Warwick report that using electric vehicles as mobile energy storage units can actually boost vehicle battery life by around 10 per cent
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