With numbers expected to reach 17 million by 2030, the presence of electric vehicles on UK roads is here to stay. The UK Government intends to stop all sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040, meaning electric vehicles (EVs) will undoubtedly contribute to a decarbonised transport system. However, some Read more…
A host of companies are offering fully electric commercial vehicles to governments and private industries that are looking to turn mail trucks and garbage haulers into vehicles of the future. As American car buyers cautiously dip their toes into the world of electric vehicles, pondering issues such as cost, charging Read more…
At this point in time, the world witnesses discussions on transport emissions at a scale that it has never seen before. Electric vehicles (EV), albeit a tiny percentage on the roads, is showing stupendous growth this decade with a 45% increase in 2017 and inching towards making up 1% of Read more…
Even in environmentally conscious Scandanavia, it’s hard to sell electric vehicles (EV). That’s in part due to the people selling them. “Dealerships and sales personnel pose a significant barrier for [EV] uptake,” states a study published in May in the journal Nature. “Dealers have little to no incentive to properly Read more…
Projections have suggested that the advent of electric vehicles will have a dramatic impact on oil demand and now its starting to show. With China adding the equivalent of London’s bus fleet every 5 weeks, that’s 279,000 barrels of oil a day removed from demand. The latest report from Bloomberg Read more…
A stretch of road that recharges electric vehicles as they drive on it has opened in Sweden, in what is believed to be a world first. Roughly 1.25 miles of road outside of Stockholm will allow adapted trucks to connect to an electrified rail mounted into the ground. It is Read more…
The rise of electric cars in Europe is being hampered by a lack of models for consumers to choose from rather than a lack of public recharging points, according to energy companies and carmakers. Some motoring groups and insurers have warned over the past year that the number of chargers Read more…
Honda is planning a fix for one of the biggest downsides of electric car ownership as soon as five years from now. According to Nikkei, the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines claims it will have EVs capable of a full charge in just 15 minutes by 2022. The Read more…
Written by a BBC reporter: In the street where I live no one yet owns an electric car – because there are no driveways on which to charge them. Indeed nearly a third of car-owners in the UK have no off-street parking, as they live in a flat or a Read more…
BMW is close to rolling out wireless charging on one of its cars — and this time, it doesn’t involve phones. That feature is already there, but being able to wirelessly charge your car is new. It really is a big charging pad for a 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid. The Read more…
