UK government may pay drivers up to £6,000 to replace their petrol and diesel cars with electric vehicles in a bid to kickstart economic recovery as coronavirus lockdown measures ease The plans are reportedly being considered for announcement on July 6, 2020 ‘Cash for clunkers’ could help with aims to phase out fossil fuel car … Read more
The ban on new petrol and diesel cars sold in Britain due in 2040 could be accelerated under new plans, it has been revealed. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the bar on the sale of new solely internal-combustion-engined vehicles could be brought forward by five years to 2035, in an effort to encourage the take-up … Read more
This has been a busy old crisis for Sir David King, the former chief scientific adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who has rolled back the years to turn himself once more into a staple of the nation’s TV and radio news schedules. The sprightly 80-year-old, who gained fame as the face of the … Read more
One of the fiercest debates around electric cars is how green they are when you take into account the production of batteries and the energy to power them. One report has found that electric models in Europe emit, on average, almost three times less CO2 than equivalent petrol and diesel cars, according to the figures … Read more