Interest in alternative fuels up by a quarter since Volkswagen ‘dieselgate’ scandal Interest in hybrid and electric cars has rocketed since the Volkswagen diesel scandal, according to analysis by Carbuyer. Traffic to electric and hybrid car reviews has increased by almost a quarter since news of the scandal broke. And those users are viewing far
Recently, POD Point, a supplier of electric vehicle charging stations, launched a fresh network of public charging stations in the UK. The new public charging network will enable more convenient charging of electric vehicles. Business Green brings us the story, continuing, “The new Open Charge network will allow EV owners to charge their cars via
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV remains the best selling plug-in car in the UK according to latest RAC Foundation report on plug-in car grant claims. The Japanese plug-in hybrid, through the end of June, noted 12,066 registrations out of 35,241 total. That’s more than one third of all plug-ins sold in the UK. The ratio in Q2
Business leaders are finally waking up to what’s coming down the line. Bank of England governor tells Lloyd’s insurers that ‘challenges currently posed by climate change pale in significance compared with what might come’ Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned that climate change will lead to financial crises and falling
Don’t buy an electric car before you’ve read our 11 things you must know – The stuff they don’t always tell you Like any radical new technology, electric vehicles (EVs) can be confusing. Are they cheap or expensive to buy and run? Do they actually do any good for the environment? Are range anxiety and
Could VW really be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths from pollution?! VW’s pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company’s entire shareholder equity. But this is no ‘Black Swan’ event. It is an early example of the existential threat to
Shell’s departure from the Arctic is a very significant event in the global energy picture, writes Energy Post editor-in-chief Karel Beckman. It is another sign that the End of the Oil Age is in sight. After Volkswagen, a second major European company had to face acute embarrassment this week. Shell did not commit fraud, but
Some good news on renewables – despite government policy. Often when we talk about countries breaking renewable energy records, we focus on momentary spikes caused by exceptionally sunny or windy days. While these records are, in and of themselves, important—they still leave a bigger question hanging: How does the electricity grid cope when the sun
Perhaps the VW emissions scandal will actually do some good. Your new clean diesel turns to be less clean than you thought? Switch to an electric car. In recent days, the loudest thing in the automotive industry is Volkswagen’s scandal over diesel engine emissions. We at InsideEVs don’t cover conventional cars, but there’s something we’d
