Ecotricity-The Electric Highway | Fully Charged
A demonstration of how to use the new Ecotricity electric highway app followed by a chat with Ecotricity founder Dale Vince.
Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun
Scientists’ warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline are no longer theoretical NORFOLK, Va. — Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred
UK government ‘falling behind’ on electric car pledge
MPs warn that the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles is too low to meet national climate change targets The government is falling behind on its commitments to switch a proportion of Britain’s car fleet to electric vehicles, an influential committee of MPs said on Thursday. Take-up of electric vehicles has been slower than hoped in
Evolt connects Isles to the mains
Evolt, the Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has assisted Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) in creating a north-south EV charging network throughout the islands of the Outer Hebrides. A total of 11 charge points have been strategically positioned on the Isles of Lewis and Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Barra, which
BMW 330e Review – The Future Of Motoring
When I first received the 330e to test for a week I was pondering the purpose of a plug in hybrid. Why would you plug your car into the mains when it has a perfectly good 2 litre turbo charged petrol engine up front?! I had thought to myself that I wouldn’t bother plugging it
Mass adoption of electric vehicles is “much sooner than most people realize”
Blink and you missed the announcement. But last Friday, the UK’s much criticised energy supply grid system entered what is being seen as a “new era” with the announcement that eight large battery systems are being built to cope with the growing influx of wind and solar power. The deal – the largest of its
Fuel Subsidies Are the World’s Dumbest Policy
Many things have gotten harder as the world settles into a protracted spell of low oil prices and sluggish growth — from avoiding deflation to creating jobs. One thing has gotten easier, as well as more urgent: eliminating fossil-fuel subsidies. Governments have long paid lip service to this idea. The G-20 has been promising to
I Went Camping in a Tesla
Elon Musk inadvertently spawned a subculture that’s hacking the Model S into a 21st century tent. As the sun set beyond the long-needle pines and emerald waters of Lake Tahoe, I looked across the campfire and laughed out loud. I was about to go “camping” in the back of a $145,000 electric car because, well,
Halfway through Start-up Program
We are now halfway through the Entrepreneurial Spark programme for start-ups that we embarked on in August. Fuel Included is in the ‘Hatchery’ in Milton Keynes. This week saw the halfway point marked by a series of programs known as #GoDoAcceler8. We had presentations during the day on skills for start-up entrepreneurs, followed by an
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