EVs
Volvo U-turns from 'shrinking' fossil fuel car business with pledge to go all-electric by 2030
Swedish company announces new direction as study from Which? warns carmakers are overstating the fuel efficiency of plug-in hybrid vehicles a
Wood Mackenzie: Around half of global vehicle sales in 2050 will be zero emission
Analyst cautions that demand for fossil fuel from automotive market will only drop by 24 per cent by 2050, despite bullish predictions for EV market
'Drive anytime': Ovo Energy launches pioneering flat-rate EV charging tariff
Smart tariff will leverage AI to offer customers cut-price charging at a flat rate of 6p per KWh, no matter what time they charge, supplier says
'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
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
'Historic milestone': Battery pack prices fall under critical $100/kWh mark for first time
Update from BloombergNEF reveals battery pack prices have plummeted from $1,100 per kWh in 2010 to $137 per kWh in 2020, powered by soaring EV sales, cheaper materials, and manufacturing and tech innovation
BritishVolt picks site of Blyth Power Station for UK's first 'gigafactory'
£2.6bn scheme represents largest industrial investment England’s North East in more than three decades and will generate 8,000 local jobs, BritishVolt said.
Polestar pushes for transparent CO2 disclosure in the car industry
EV manufacturer calls out 'disturbing' lack of transparency in automotive industry, as it touts plan to publish carbon metrics for its full product line
Electric vehicle drivers paid to charge up over Bank Holiday weekend
Octopus Energy and charging technology specialist Ohme confirm some EV drivers were paid £5 last weekend, as they charged 600 miles worth of electricity - enough to drive from London to County Durham and back
Ohme reveals how EV drivers are being paid to charge their cars
Blustery weather saw electric vehicle owners paid up to £5 to charge their cars to use excess wind electricity
City of London set to host UK's first zero emission street
Groundbreaking scheme set to launch in Spring 2020 will ban all petrol and diesel cars from street 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Fastned to expand charging network following €12m bond issue
EV charging company plans to double the number of countries with its charging stations to six
Gnewt completes ten million zero emission parcel deliveries
Electric delivery firm hits milestone as it celebrates ten years in business
Report: Policy gaps put UK transport decarbonisation in the slow lane
Green Alliance argues upcoming Transport Decarbonisation Plan needs raft of bolder policies to drive adoption of digital transport technologies
Government urged to make EVs more accessible for low income households
New reports make the case for policies that help make electric vehicles accessible to all income levels by lowering the up-front cost of the technology and boosting second hand market
Report: One million EV cars to be sold next year in EU
Large numbers of electric cars are finally being brought to market as manufacturers gear up to comply with emission rules