Every school in capital is over WHO limit of 10mg of PM2.5 per cubic metre Air pollution is thought to contribute to around 40,000 early deaths a year Comes as Rosamund Kissi-Debrah won right for new inquest into Ella’s death Asthma-suffering daughter lived near busy road in Hither Green, south London Millions of schoolchildren are
Britain’s electric vehicle revolution is being hampered by a “bottleneck” in global battery production, as demand far outstrips supply of zero-emission vehicles. An investigation by the Press Association found that some dealers were telling customers they could be waiting more than a year if they placed an order for an EV today, with some manufacturers
Most people who are contemplating an EV labour under the petrol station mindset. It’s entirely understandable, because that’s how we’ve always driven. When the tank’s empty, we stop at a station, or even drive specially to one, and fill up. So when thinking about EVs, we worry about how long it takes to charge en-route,
Tesla’s entry-level saloon starts at a whisker under £40,000 UK order books are open for the Tesla Model 3, and we finally have a price: £38,900 for the rear-wheel drive Standard Range Plus (SRP) model, inclusive of the government’s £3,500 plug-in car grant. Deliveries start in June. Maybe not as cheap as we were initially
The Tesla Model 3 is the first affordable, mass-produced model in the American manufacturer’s all-electric range, offering customers something very different from conventional rivals such as the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Jaguar XE and Alfa Romeo Giulia. The Model 3 has no direct electric rivals for now; it’s more expensive than EVs like the
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti isn’t waiting for Congress to act on the threat of climate change. Today he introduced the city’s own version of the Green New Deal, which establishes goals of a zero carbon grid, zero carbon transportation, zero carbon buildings, zero waste, and zero wasted water by 2050. Citing the environmental disasters
Registration figures across Europe in March show electrified cars pass 100k mark, while diesel hits its lowest point since 2000 Europe’s new car market declined by another 3.6% last month – the seventh consecutive monthly fall, with factors such as the diesel city ban, falling consumer confidence and Brexit uncertainty blamed. Figures released by analysis
Tesla’s Model 3 stormed to the top of the Western Europe battery electric car sales charts in the first quarter of 2019, outselling the second best Renault Zoe with almost twice as many sales. This is all the more remarkable because the Model 3 was only available for sale from February, and the price of
Peugeot e-208 to be another great EV after the Tesla Model 3 available in the UK Peugeot has opened reservations for the all-new 208 and its electric version e-208 in the UK. The French subcompact EV can be reserved online with a £500 deposit. Orders will be taken from late summer, while deliveries in the
It’s clearer every day: the future of transportation is electric. We should be cheering this transition—and encouraging it, because along with the benefits for drivers, electrifying transportation is going to be a critical piece of fighting climate change. Unfortunately, for many observers, skepticism about electric vehicles (EVs) has become something like an article of faith.
