The market share of electric vehicles (EVs) must be increased to achieve the fuel economy standards set by regulators. According to the World Energy Council (WEC), EVs currently represent less than 1% of the combined market share across the world’s largest markets – EU, US and China – for new passenger cars. Its report states
Expert panel says there’s been a recent ‘step-change’ in public opinion towards electric vehicles Prediction based on stats from the Government, Committee on Climate Change, RAC Foundation, Auto Express and other industry authorities Electric cars are the future, we’re constantly being told. But how far into the future will they be the dominant form of
Nissan expanded its renewable electricity generation in the company’s Sunderland Plant. The latest additions adds a 4.75 MW solar array, with some 19,000 solar panels – which is on top of the 6.6 MW in place from 10 wind turbines, displacing some 7% of electricity usage. Nissan states that a total 11.35 MW of power
The CharIN e.V. Steering Committee announced a list of new members of the initiative supporting CCS Combo DC fast charging standard, which is being adjusted to handle up to 150 kW in the next few years. Among the most recent members added, we see Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) – which is not a surprise, and
Coal and gas will begin their terminal decline in less than a decade, according to a new BNEF analysis. The way we get electricity is about to change dramatically, as the era of ever-expanding demand for fossil fuels comes to an end—in less than a decade. That’s according to a new forecast by Bloomberg New
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AN ATTEMPT to jump-start Oxford’s slow uptake of electric vehicles is now in motion, with up to 30 new charging points arriving in the next 12 months. People and businesses across the city are being called on to help develop the plan and find suitable places for the trial stations, which will be bought in
Evolt has completed the supply and installation of a new series of Rapid and Fast electric vehicle (EV) charge points on the Western Scotland mainland and the Isle of Mull, having won a competitive tender from Argyll and Bute Council. The new network of seven Rapid and two Fast chargers is the Council’s first publicly available
The unveiling of the Tesla Model 3 recently garnered enormous interest around the world. When will they make them? How will they make that many? Where will the batteries come from and why do I have a crush on the French Minister of Energy?
By March this year, there were close to 60,000 electric or plug-in hybrid cars driving in the UK Electric car sales continue to surge in the UK, with the latest figures showing close to 60,000 currently on the road. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV accounts for nearly a third of those, but there’s an increasingly wide
