Transport & Environment

'Cheaper, stronger, further': Are electric trucks about to move into the fast lane?

Haulage

'Cheaper, stronger, further': Are electric trucks about to move into the fast lane?

Electric heavy goods vehicles have been projected to reach price parity with diesel trucks by 2035 - but are government's ready to push truckmakers to produce them?

clock 12 October 2022 • 6 min read
'Clean jet fuel of the future': EU urged to ramp up e-kerosene ambition

Aviation

'Clean jet fuel of the future': EU urged to ramp up e-kerosene ambition

With the right policies, Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about five million tonnes of CO2, a new analysis finds

clock 09 June 2022 • 2 min read
Study: How corporate air travel policies are jeopardising climate goals

Aviation

Study: How corporate air travel policies are jeopardising climate goals

Transport & Environment warns majority of UK businesses are failing to disclose or reduce their air travel emissions, as separate study warns airlines are routinely missing their climate targets

clock 09 May 2022 • 4 min read
'Cheaper, greener, and in-demand': Why stronger CO2 standards for vans could deliver major savings for businesses

Automotive

'Cheaper, greener, and in-demand': Why stronger CO2 standards for vans could deliver major savings for businesses

Think tank argues growing e-van market can deliver savings for firms across Europe, as separate report warns UK needs up to 661,000 extra EV charge points by 2035

clock 31 March 2022 • 8 min read
Study: Trucks fuelled by LNG gas may be no better for climate than diesel trucks

Biofuel

Study: Trucks fuelled by LNG gas may be no better for climate than diesel trucks

Transport & Environment research finds trucks running on natural gas are no better for the climate than diesel trucks

clock 27 September 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

Government targets net zero planes, roads and railways in 'landmark' green transport strategy

Long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan aims to make public transport, walking and cycling 'natural first choice' for UK journeys

clock 13 July 2021 • 8 min read

Automotive

'Simply no comparison': Fossil fuel cars produce 300 times more waste than EVs, study finds

Challenges caused by EV battery production 'pale in comparison' to environmental toll of fossil fuel vehicles, Transport & Environment study finds

clock 01 March 2021 • 3 min read

Automotive

'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

clock 12 October 2020 • 3 min read

Automotive

'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

clock 06 October 2020 • 3 min read

Automotive

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

clock 06 October 2020 • 3 min read