2017

HJ Woman filling up car

Drivers get hit again with new VED tax and misleading fuel consumption data

Good old honest John has once again shown how bad many of the stated MPG claims are. Drivers are facing a new cost-of-motoring crisis, with the new VED (road tax) system and misleading fuel economy figures adding more than £1000 to the long-term running costs of Britain’s best-selling cars, according to new research from HonestJohn.co.uk. […]

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Tesla model s at factory

Tesla production ramp

Last week Tesla released plans to raise an additional $1.15 billion from a stock and notes sale. CEO Elon Musk plans to purchase 96,900 shares of common stock, which is worth approximately $25 million at the public offering price. The company says the cash infusion will be used in part to “ strengthen its balance sheet and further

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JLR makes switch to renewables

As the Geneva Auto opens today to the public, back in Coventry Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest car manufacturer, has sealed an agreement with EDF Energy to buy all its electricity from renewables. Jaguar Land Rover’s electricity supply is backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO), meaning a proportion of EDF Energy’s renewable energy

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Centrica to convert old coal power station to huge battery storage facility

The changing face of UK energy as coal power station converts to a big, very big battery. The old 120MW  Britich Gas Roosecote power station in Barrow began producing electricity from coal over 60 years ago. Decades later the plant was replaced with a gas-fired version in the Nineties. Soon Roosecote’s latest incarnation will mark

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