Under a new French scheme cars are labelled according to the pollution that they emit. This allows the worst offenders to be banned when necessary. Last week Paris suffered its fourth smog of the winter and tried a new idea to protect its residents from the worst effects. Like many European cities, the Paris region
Drivers could be forced to give up their vehicles and switch to electric cars in some urban areas. Radical new plans have been drawn up which could see petrol and diesel vehicles banned in some parts of Scotland within eight years. The Scottish Government have pledged to cut emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
The government has placed electric vehicles at the heart of a green paper outlining its ‘post-Brexit’ Industrial Strategy for the UK today (23 January). Launched by Prime Minister Theresa May, the Strategy focuses on designing a smart grid and the roll out of public charging points for the vehicles to bring about ‘affordable energy and
The plan is to invest in the technology needed for battery electric vehicles Diesel technology is set to be a thing of the past, UK car industry executives believe. The plan is to invest in the technology needed for battery electric vehicles over the next five years, according to 93% of executives while 62% felt
A new study of CO2 emissiosn per mile driven in both a regular and electric car to find out the average differences between countries has been undertaken by Bloomberg New Energy Finance The indirect EV emissions put out are near-zero in countries like Norway and France, where (respectively) renewable energy sources, or nuclear, provides near
Diesel cars by Fiat, Suzuki and Renault among makers emitting up to fifteen times European standard for nitrogen oxide A year on from the “Dieselgate” scandal that engulfed Volkswagen, damning new research reveals that all major diesel car brands, including Fiat, Vauxhall and Suzuki, are selling models that emit far higher levels of pollution than
Renault, the French car maker, may stop offering diesel engines in most of its cars sold in Europe. The move is a reaction to the cost of ensuring that diesel engines comply with tighter emissions regulations. The crackdown follows last year’s diesel emissions scandal involving German car maker Volkswagen. Renault’s move was reported by Reuters
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
Beginning this week, drivers will not be able to take older cars into the center of Paris on weekdays. The ban encompasses most cars made before 1997 and motorcycles made before 2000, and was enacted to combat rampant air pollution in the French capital. Older cars and motorcycles now face fines for entering the city
APT Skidata, the UK’s leading parking technology business, has launched a new feature that allows car park operators using an APT Skidata system to set individual parking tariffs according to the CO2 emissions of the vehicles. The system uses automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras to identify and record each vehicle as it enters a
