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'Build back greener': Government announces £180m wave of green business funding awards
'Build back greener': Government announces £180m wave of green business funding awards

From pothole fixing robots to retro electric motorcycles, over 1,000 recipients of coronavirus response, clean tech innovation funding have been announced

  • Technology
  • 04 November 2020
Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns
Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing

  • Automotive
  • 23 October 2020
Driving the green recovery: The catalytic potential of fleet electrification pledges
Driving the green recovery: The catalytic potential of fleet electrification pledges

From Amazon, to Uber and Walmart, major companies have pledged to transition their fleets away from fossil fuels, and the result could be transformative for the automotive sector

  • Automotive
  • 22 October 2020
EVs are set for market dominance, so why could tipping points remain elusive?
EVs are set for market dominance, so why could tipping points remain elusive?

A new book argues that while demand for new electric vehicles will soar, the long life of existing cars means it could take decades to dislodge petrol and diesel fuel infrastructure

  • Automotive
  • 21 October 2020
Study: Air pollution costs average London resident €1,294 a year
Study: Air pollution costs average London resident €1,294 a year

Health costs incurred as a result of air pollution are collectively higher in London than any other city in Europe, according to study that quantifies how much money European city dwellers spend due to particulate matter, NO2, and ozone

  • Transport
  • 21 October 2020
Hydrogen vehicle start-up Riversimple revs up £150m funding round
Hydrogen vehicle start-up Riversimple revs up £150m funding round

Funding will support construction of two plants in Wales where two-seater hydrogen fuel cell 'eco-coupe' and lightweight commercial delivery van are set to be produced

  • Automotive
  • 21 October 2020
Uber to target £5m EV charge point investment in poorer parts of London
Uber to target £5m EV charge point investment in poorer parts of London

While the most affluent London boroughs have more electric vehicle charge points, most Uber drivers live in less affluent boroughs, the ride-hailing giant said

  • Automotive
  • 20 October 2020
BT joins LEVC electric 'taxi van' trial
BT joins LEVC electric 'taxi van' trial

Company provides further boost to LEVC's plans to diversify its range of plug-in hybrid taxis

  • Automotive
  • 16 October 2020
Arrival: BlackRock delivers $118m investment boost for electric van trailblazer
Arrival: BlackRock delivers $118m investment boost for electric van trailblazer

Arrival secures major funding boost, as it confirms plan for first US 'microfactory' capable of delivering 10,000 electric vans a year

  • Automotive
  • 15 October 2020
Baillie Gifford backs Swedish battery cell maker as European Growth trust makes first private investment
Baillie Gifford backs Swedish battery cell maker as European Growth trust makes first private investment

Northvolt founded by Tesla alumni

  • Automotive
  • 15 October 2020
Government confirms post-Brexit plans for vehicle emissions standards
Government confirms post-Brexit plans for vehicle emissions standards

Department for Transport publishes responses to consultations on how to regulate emissions standards for cars, vans, and lorries from January

  • Automotive
  • 14 October 2020
SSE backs 2030 ban on petrol and diesel company cars and vans
SSE backs 2030 ban on petrol and diesel company cars and vans

EXCLUSIVE: As the government deliberates on bringing forward its ban of new sales of fossil fuel cars into the first half of the next decade, the Scottish energy company has called for a separate rule mandating corporate fleet decarbonisation by 2030...

  • Automotive
  • 14 October 2020
'Entering the mainstream': Electric cars to triple EU market share in 2020
'Entering the mainstream': Electric cars to triple EU market share in 2020

But Transport & Environment warns EU car CO2 targets need to be more ambitious to avoid EV sales growth slowing from 2022

  • Automotive
  • 12 October 2020
Ocado and Amazon steer different courses towards green delivery fleets
Ocado and Amazon steer different courses towards green delivery fleets

Ocado is expanding its fleet of CNG-fuelled trucks, as Amazon unveils its first custom designed electric delivery van

  • Automotive
  • 09 October 2020
Clean Air Day 2020: Illegal UK air pollution hindering children's memory, studies show
Clean Air Day 2020: Illegal UK air pollution hindering children's memory, studies show

Raft of new studies underscore the myriad adverse impacts of the UK's chronic air pollution, but also make clear that the solutions - including shifting away from fossil fuel cars - are quickly ramping up

  • Automotive
  • 08 October 2020
'Staggering': EV leasing surges on back of company car tax incentive
'Staggering': EV leasing surges on back of company car tax incentive

The elimination of Benefit In Kind tax for company car drivers using an electric vehicle has since April driven a boom in EV leasing, according to Octopus Electric Vehicles

  • Automotive
  • 07 October 2020
UK electric car sales surge despite bleak period for car market, figures show
UK electric car sales surge despite bleak period for car market, figures show

Pure electric vehicle sales are up 664 per cent since 2016 while diesel sales are down 75 per cent through the same period, according to SMMT

  • Automotive
  • 06 October 2020
Total snaps up London's largest electric vehicle charging network
Total snaps up London's largest electric vehicle charging network

French oil major takes over Source London EV network after acquisition of Blue Point London from the Bolloré Group

  • BusinessGreen
  • 29 September 2020
Global Briefing: California plots 2035 end date for fossil fuel car sales
Global Briefing: California plots 2035 end date for fossil fuel car sales

Plus EU's plan to cut aviation CO2, Norway's CCS project, Australia's green tech investment blitz and the top green business news from around the world this week

  • Management
  • 25 September 2020
'Truly revolutionary': Elon Musk hails Tesla battery breakthrough
'Truly revolutionary': Elon Musk hails Tesla battery breakthrough

Billionaire offers glimpse of EV firm's efforts to develop cheaper, more efficient battery cells at Tesla's AGM

  • Automotive
  • 24 September 2020
Volkswagen teams up with Octopus Energy for EV tariff deal
Volkswagen teams up with Octopus Energy for EV tariff deal

The partnership will see drivers of VW electric cars encouraged to switch their home energy supplier to Octopus Energy's 'time of use' EV tariff

  • BusinessGreen
  • 22 September 2020
Tesco, Heathrow and E.ON join growing calls for 2030 fossil fuel car sales ban
Tesco, Heathrow and E.ON join growing calls for 2030 fossil fuel car sales ban

Tesco, Dixons Carphone, E.On, Heathrow, Lime and SSE latest to join 27-strong UK Electric Fleets Coalition partnership led by BT and The Climate Group

  • Policy
  • 22 September 2020
Inside Elon Musk's Tesla startup ecosystem
Inside Elon Musk's Tesla startup ecosystem

Is Tesla emulating Silicon Valley in its ability to catalyse an entire network of highly innovative clean tech companies?

  • Automotive
  • 18 September 2020
Labour steps up push for 2030 petrol and diesel car sales ban
Labour steps up push for 2030 petrol and diesel car sales ban

The opposition joins Greenpeace and Green Alliance in warning the government should introduce a ban of fossil-fuel cars by 2030 if it wants to meet its 2050 emissions target

  • Automotive
  • 18 September 2020
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