A shift of emphasis to electric cars will raise supply challenges for both components suppliers and talent managers. Last orders’ has been called for the internal combustion engine. Just a day after Volvo announced plans to include an electric motor element in all its cars, the new French government said it will legislate to phase
It seems like most major car retailers are jumping into the electric vehicle game. Let’s talk about one of our favourite things: cars. And more specifically, how the internal combustion engine is on the verge of extinction. Not only that, but we’re also being told that in five years we’re going to be driving self-driving
We have recently seen several projections about the adoption of electric vehicles from different companies and research groups, like Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, and even OPEC. Most of them predict that about half of new vehicle production will be electric at some point between 2035 and 2040. Now Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumps in with his
For months, politicians and fossil fuel industry have lied about the viability of renewables. Now Tesla’s big battery in South Australia will prove them wrong Elon Musk’s agreement to build the world’s largest battery for South Australia isn’t just an extraordinary technological breakthrough that signs coal’s death warrant. It’s potentially a game changer in the
OPEC quintupled forecast for battery powered cars in last year Oil majors and automakers diverge on outlook for EVs The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat. OPEC quintupled its forecast for sales of plug-in EVs, and oil producers from Exxon Mobil Corp. to BP Plc also
More battery-powered vehicles would mean cleaner air and quieter streets – but also a drain on the National Grid and less fuel duty to the Treasury Streets will be quieter, the air will be cleaner, people will spend less time at petrol stations and car factories might even return to Britain’s shores if the country
According to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook, the number of electric cars in motion has to reach 600 million by 2040 in order for the current greenhouse gas emission target of temperature increases below 2°C to be reached and maintained. Currently, we are nowhere near this figure, as only
Electric Car Incentives 1: UK Government – Grants, Road Tax and Company Car Tax
There are many incentives available to encourage drivers to move from polluting petrol and diesel cars to electric cars. They come from national and local government, car manufacturers, suppliers and independent organisations. Here we provide a brief summary of the main incentives currently provided to electric car drivers by the national government. UK Government
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