Vehicles were targeted in Primrose Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, Dulwich and Notting Hill Climate action activists have said they “will not stop” after deflating the tyres of “planet-wrecking” Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) in wealthy London neighbourhoods. More than 40 4x4s were targeted in the dead of night in Primrose Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, Dulwich, and Notting Hill by a
CAR BUYERS in the UK have purchased the second highest number of EVs in the world – second only to China. The staggering rise in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) purchased by Britons was underlined by new figures showing the UK second only to China in the amount of battery-powered cars bought in the
A large cargo vessel carrying cars has sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, thirteen days after a fire broke out on board. The ship’s manager and Portuguese navy confirmed on Tuesday that the Felicity Ace sank around 400 kilometres off the Azores. The Panama-flagged vessel was being towed after a salvage team had extinguished the fire,
A new solar-powered hub could charge up to 100 electric vehicles a day, according to the authority behind it. The hub is opening in the car park of Gamston Community Centre in Nottinghamshire. Rushcliffe Borough Council said the facility formed part of its carbon management plan and would, in time, largely be powered by natural
Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their battery power. The electricity in the vehicle’s battery could be plugged back into the grid, instead of being stored. The technique was pioneered in Japan and our research will help understand how best to use it in the
With running-cost savings available, motorists are increasingly keen to go green As some petrol stations ran out of fuel and queues of cars lined up outside those that did have stocks, causing lengthy waits for motorists waiting to fill up, many drivers’ thoughts turned to the option of buying an electric vehicle. The classified ad
Proposal by Great Britain’s regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordable Ofgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to help make the switch away from fossil fuel cars
Region has fastest-growing network with number of electric vehicles in Coventry alone tripling in three years The West Midlands has overtaken London as the region with the fastest-growing network of electric car chargers, thanks to a push by Coventry to rapidly move away from petrol and diesel cars. The number of electric car chargers in
With electrified cars now coming in all shapes and sizes – and available to suit every budget – we’ve named the best models in every class. Here we look at the best used electric small car… If you want a small electric vehicle (EV) but your budget is limited, the answer, of course, is to
When Henry Ford started to build his first car assembly line, horse dung was still littering the streets. What he invented in 1913 was not a new technology. Ford understood that mass production would mean the end of cars as a luxury item. 10 years on, motor cars had become accessible to most working people
