Electric Vehicles

Plus deep-sea mining delay, global coal consumption rises, the EU's new EV charging law and all the top green business news from around the world this week

Government's reliance on rapid uptake of electric vehicles to decarbonise transport without reducing demand amounts to 'risky strategy', Transport Committee warns

Major £526m boots comprises various loans designed to support the firm's continued nationwide rollout of ultra-fast EV charging stations

Capacity of UK car makers to turn out latest, greenest, models hits record levels during the first half of 2023, industry figures show

Telecoms giant unveils two year pilot that could eventually see tens of thousands of decommissioned broadband street cabinets converted into EV charge points

But Prime Minister refuses to rule out potential watering down of fossil fuel car sales phase-out as attacks grow on both Conservative and Labour green policy agendas

New polling indicates concerning consumer attitudes about zero-emission vehicles, writes ECIU's Colin Walker

New research argues policies that promote smaller, cheaper, more resource-efficient cars could slash Europe's passenger vehicle sector's dependency on critical minerals by over 20 per cent

Latest data confirms a quarter of cars sold last month had a plug, but industry warns more needs to be done to ensure zero emissions vehicle targets are met

New Rivian electric vans represent latest step towards Amazon's commitment to decarbonise its giant global fleet