You’ve probably noticed more electric cars on the road and toyed with switching. We give you the lowdown on the costs involved. It’s becoming clear to anyone monitoring the UK’s roads that electric cars are here to stay. The numbers are increasing to the point that they now represent over 1% of new UK car
FRANKFURT (Reuters) — Renault will supply motors for electric versions of Daimler’s Smart city cars under their deepening 5-year-old alliance, the carmakers said today. The motors will be the same as those used in the Renault Zoe EV. The units are manufactured at the French automaker’s plant in Cleon, France. They will equip battery-powered versions
Three years ago, author Claire Vaye Watkins burst onto the literary scene with her acclaimed short story collection, Battleborn. On September 29th, readers can finally get a copy of her much-anticipated first novel: Gold Fame Citrus, a blistering tour de force set in the drought-blighted California of a near future. In Watkins’ future, the conditions
Every now and then the Internet serves up something perfectly pitched to what you assumed were your own very individual fears. On Thursday, for me, that was Romie Stott’s “futurist vision of retirement planning” at The Billfold. Planning for the eventual end of paid work isn’t just difficult because life is expensive and saving money
A new 30kWh battery in the Nissan Leaf will go on sale in December, delivering a claimed range of 155 miles. It will go on sale alongside the 24kWh unit but will only be available in Acenta and Tekna trim, priced from £24,490 to £27,940 including the UK government’s £5000 Plug-in grant, which was recently
… Then comes along the Renault Zoe (Zero Emissions). I’d be lying if I said my heart doesn’t sink whenever an electric car turns up at Motors HQ for a test. It just seems like hard work – working out how far you need to travel, checking the battery level available and then faffing around
WEST PALM BEACH, FL—Admitting it has had its eye on the property for quite some time, the Atlantic Ocean confirmed Monday that it was looking forward to moving into a beautiful beachfront mansion in the near future. “For the longest time it seemed like this place was completely out of reach for me, but I’ve
October 2017, after the crash: George Osborne wonders what went wrong The chancellor might have looked in control in 2015, but the UK was badly exposed as the global economy faltered October 2017: just hours to go, and still the words wouldn’t come. Other conference speeches had been straightforward. A few easy gags about the
There are a lot of doom-and-gloom messages going around at the moment – it’s hard to know which to believe. Here’s a smorgasbord of articles that caught my eye, though they’re only a small selection of what’s out there. Biosphere collapse: the biggest economic bubble ever Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up
Peak oil round up
There’s a lot of discussion in the ‘blogosphere’ of whether we’re starting to see the effects of peak oil in our economic woes – here are some highlights (and don’t forget my blog post). 2015 Could Be The Year Of Peak Oil … I am now more convinced than ever that 2015 will see
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