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Michael Liebreich on electric vehicles, greening the Tube, and why climate sceptics are wrong about Brexit

08 September 2016 •

Michael Liebreich on electric vehicles, greening the Tube, and why climate sceptics are wrong about Brexit

Having been re-appointed to the Transport for London board by Sadiq Khan the outspoken founder of BNEF is keen to help revolutionise the capital's approach to energy

There was a point a couple of years ago when it looked as if Sadiq Khan and Michael Liebreich could end up as fierce political rivals. It was widely reported the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance...

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