Electric Vehicles
'A great vote of confidence': Nissan confirms plan to expand UK electric vehicle manufacturing
BBC reports Nissan has concluded Brexit deal has secured long term future for Sunderland factory
Road freight heading for the green fast lane, new report suggests
A new report outlines a roadmap for the decarbonisation of road freight through the “critical” next decade
Gulf Oil shifts gears with investment in EV mobility specialist Indra
Partnership should help UK vehicle to grid EV charging pioneer Indra expand its business in overseas markets
Electric vehicle sales accelerated through 2020 - but cost remains a roadblock, RAC analysis finds
EV uptake continues to accelerate but price, access to infrastructure and driving range continue to deter many drivers, new analysis from RAC has found
'Important milestone': StoreDot touts EV batteries able to fully charge in five minutes
Israeli start-up reveals firm is on 'cusp of achieving a revolution in the EV charging experience' with its fast-charging battery cells
Smart EV charging shifts up a gear with new flexibility partnership
A new charging app will enable consumers to set a 'ready by time', enabling their electric vehicle to charge at times when energy demand is low
CES 2021's Green Highlights: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis, and balcony beekeeping
Taking place virtually for the first time, the annual Consumer Electronics Show once again featured a host of emerging clean technologies - BusinessGreen takes a look at some of the most eye-catching developments
Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive
Citizens Advice teams up with energy industry groups to try and identify any gaps in consumer protections for burgeoning flexible home energy market
'On the cusp of a driving revolution': Automated driving technologies tipped to shift into the fast lane
Forty per cent of UK car sales could have self-driving capabilities by 2035 delivering a £42bn market, according to a new report from Connected Places Catapult, Element Energy, and Cambridge Econometrics
Electric racing pioneers partner with COP26 to accelerate EV revolution
Electric racing team Envision Virgin Racing will carry COP26 campaign branding and run string of sustainability programmes around the world
A fossil fuel demand peak is fast approaching, but will it come soon enough?
A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals
Despite the hydrogen hype, electricity will drive net zero transport
Cars, buses, trucks, scooters and even planes are going electric, and Britain needs an electricity grid able to cope with it, writes Onward's Ted Christie-Miller
Hitachi investment to boost GRIDSERVE electric forecourts rollout
The investment builds on the successful launch of the UK's first electric forecourt last year in Braintree, Essex
Positive 'tipping points': How clean technologies could be on the cusp of exponential growth
UK academic study outlines a series of positive 'tipping points' in key sectors that, if reached, would catalyse the global net zero transition
Back two-way EV charging technology to slash costs and emissions, white paper urges
Vehicle-to-grid charging technology can deliver power system cost savings of almost £900m while helping slash the carbon intensity of electric vehicles, a new white paper backed by BEIS and EV manufacturer Nissan argues
Coventry and Oxford vie for £50m to help deliver all-electric bus city vision
Up to 500 buses could be replaced with all-electric versions as part of government competition
UK electric vehicle market enjoys 'best ever year' in 2020
Electric vehicle market goes from strength to strength even despite Covid-19 pandemic, with UK sales making up more than one in ten new car registrations in 2020
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal
On Christmas Eve the UK and EU averted a damaging no-deal scenario, but the resulting trade deal still leaves many outstanding questions about the UK's environmental policy prospects unanswered
AGCO talks up electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture
The US agricultural technology giant is preparing a range of new cleantech innovations that promise to curb the carbon footprint of food production
Good Energy to launch 'time-of-use' energy tariff for electric vehicle drivers
Green energy supplier claims its new tariff will offer a longer off-peak charging window than others on the UK market
Is it time for a tougher tax on SUV gas-guzzlers?
New UK Energy Research Centre report argues 2030 ban on new internal combustion engine cars needs to be supported by bolder policy measures throughout the 2020s
Electric vehicle manufacturers invited to apply to Automotive Transformation Fund
Advanced Propulsion Centre says funding is available to support feasibility studies across green auto industry supply chain
NextEra jumps into fleet electrification
US energy giant acquires electric vehicle fleet software specialist eIQ Mobility
UK's first green number plates hit the roads
Government introduces first dedicated number plates for zero emission vehicles, potentially paving the way for new incentives for electric vehicle drivers