Analysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts Fossil fuel cars waste hundreds of times more raw material than their battery electric equivalents, according to a study that adds to evidence that the move away from petrol and diesel cars will bring large net environmental benefits. Only
Executives from National Grid and home battery firm Moixa discuss the challenges It has been clear for a while now that electric vehicles are coming. If the sales charts and chatter on social media weren’t clues enough, the UK government’s announcement of a 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE cars is the future
Introduction: Get Charged Up! As time goes on, electric cars become more popular. There are an increasing number of brands from Jaguar to BMW to Audi that are making their own electric cars, and they’re becoming easier to access for the general public. There are a lot of benefits to buying an electric car –
Electric cars are now cheaper to insure than their petrol and diesel counterparts, according to analysis of the electric vehicle market by heycar. The online car marketplace analysed what a typical driver can expect to pay for a 12-month insurance policy and found that electric vehicle owners are increasingly getting favourable results. For electric car
Elon Musk is powering electric cars, homes and now he’s trying to give homeowners the chance to mine Bitcoin using his solar panels. He’s got vested interests Your home can allow you to generate actual Bitcoins with the surplus energy your solar system makes Musk is now tied to the bitcoin story in the eyes
The government wants to stop sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, but drivers are being slow to switch to electric vehicles. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) found that sales of electric cars not growing fast enough to meet the government’s climate targets. In November 2020, the government announced plans
There was a time not too long ago when an electric car would be a rarity on the roads, but these days they are becoming increasingly prevalent with so many motorists making the switch. So, should businesses be looking at electric vehicles as their new company cars? Read on to discover why this might be
Our second go with VW’s upcoming EV leaves us convinced that electrification is the way forward. It’s been a long time coming, but the 2021 Volkswagen ID 4 EV is nearly here. That is, nearly ready for patient buyers to actually take the things home and experience what VW can do when it makes up
Centrica has committed to electrifying its 12,000-strong operational fleet by 2025, five years earlier than it had previously aimed for. It comes as British Gas – its energy supply arm – orders a further 2,000 of the new all-electric Vivaro-e vans from Vauxhall for its engineers, the largest electric vehicle (EV) order for a commercial
Jaguar Land Rover announced today a new global strategy called “Reimagine,” and it involves a serious acceleration of the electrification of all its brands, including Jaguar going all-electric by 2025 and Land Rover following with mostly electric vehicles after that. As part of the new plan, the automaker is planning to have Land Rover and
