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- Environmental activists face prison for further efforts to block M25 Wed, 22 Sep 21, 6:49pmNational Highways granted injunction against Insulate Britain’s motorway-blocking protests
- Make historic campaign to ban leaded petrol ‘blueprint to phase out coal’, says UN Wed, 1 Sep 21, 4:00pmHailing end to toxic fuel additive, Guterres says same commitment is needed to eliminate other pollutants
- Polestar, ChargePoint introduce seamless charging in new partnership Wed, 10 Mar 21, 1:39amA new alliance between Swedish electric performance automaker Polestar and EV infrastructure startup ChargePoint takes aim at the charging experience with the debut of an in-car app that will let customers seamlessly charge...
- From the ashes of nearly a billion dollars, Ample resurrects Better Place’s battery swapping business model Thu, 4 Mar 21, 4:30amA little over 13 years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the company he’d devoted...
- Volta Energy Technologies raises over $90M of a targeted $150M fund to back energy storage startups Fri, 19 Feb 21, 4:40amVolta Energy Technologies, the energy investment and advisory services firm backed by some of the biggest names in energy and energy storage materials, has closed on nearly $90 million of a targeted $150 million investment...
- UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt opens in Essex Mon, 7 Dec 20, 11:01amClean energy firm Gridserve has plans for more than 100 such sites over next five years
- Covid set back attitudes to public transport by two decades, says RAC Mon, 9 Nov 20, 11:01amMost Britons see their car as more important now and would not choose greener alternative
- Feast your eyes on the all-new, all-electric GMC Hummer EV Wed, 21 Oct 20, 11:33amGMC has a new all-electric version of its classic Hummer oversized SUV. This thing is a beast, as you might expect, with an advertised 350-mile range and a 3-second zero to 60 mph time. It’s a bit ridiculous to be honest,...
- Amazon debuts its first fully electric delivery vehicle, created in partnership with Rivian Fri, 9 Oct 20, 1:07amAmazon has received delivery of its very first, custom-built EV delivery van – a vehicle built through its partnership with electric transportation startup Rivian...
- Are electric cars on a road to nowhere? | Letters Sat, 26 Sep 20, 1:44amReaders respond to George Monbiot’s warning that electric vehicles are not the solution to the UK’s pollution and transport problems
- Future Teslas will have batteries that double as structure, making them extra stiff while improving efficiency, safety and cost Wed, 23 Sep 20, 8:52amTesla has fundamentally redesigned the way that its battery packs integrate into their vehicles, turning them into structural elements of the car, rather than just fuel sources on their own...
- Tesla says its battery innovations will deliver its goal of a $25,000 mass market electric car Wed, 23 Sep 20, 9:06amTesla held its Battery Day event on Tuesday to discuss a variety of innovations it has developed and is pursuing in battery technology for its vehicles...
- Elon Musk says Tesla is open to licensing Autopilot, supplying powertrains and batteries to other automakers Wed, 29 Jul 20, 9:09pmTesla CEO Elon Musk noted on Twitter on Tuesday night that the automaker would be “open to licensing software and supplying powertrains & batteries” to other automakers...
- 'E-highways' could slash UK road freight emissions, says study Mon, 27 Jul 20, 3:00pmSystem of overhead cables and adapted lorries could pay for itself within 15 years
- UK electric buses boosted by innovative £20m battery deal Tue, 23 Jun 20, 11:27pmVehicles could become cheaper as specialist firm leases batteries to bus operators