After huge power failure National Grid to examine how power supplies are prioritised
There is never a good time for a power cut
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Norway close to 30% pure EV sales
Almost a third of new cars sold in Norway last year were pure electric, a new world record as the country strives to end sales of fossil fuelled vehicles by 2025. In a bid to cut carbon emissions and air pollution, Norway exempts battery-driven cars from most taxes and offers benefits such as free parking
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Tesco to deploy 2,400 charging points
Tesco, the UK’s largest grocer, is to work with car manufacturer Volkswagen to develop more than 2,400 electric vehicle charging units at 600 branches by 2020. Volkswagen, Tesco and Pod Point will roll out UK’s largest retail network of EV chargers 2,400 charging bays are set to be created at Tesco sites nationwide 600 stores
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Biofuel in the air
10 years ago a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 flew from London to Amsterdam powered by a mixture of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts. The arrival at Schiphol airport marked the first time that a commercial aeroplane used biofuel for the 80-minute journey. A big step if not a giant leap for biofuels. A decade later,
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Audi moves into EV market with bold ambition to sell 800,000 electric cars by 2025
At this weeks annual AGM Audi said it plans to sell around 800,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025, with 20 electrified models on its product line. This plan is to be called “Audi.Vorsprung.2025”. Audi highlighted plans to produce an electrified variant in each model series by 2025, so that every customer
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Heathrow to use Jag i-Pace EV to help slash airport emmissions
The new Jaguar I-PACE will form the heart of an all-new zero-emissions luxury chauffeur service to and from Heathrow Airport. As many as 200 I-PACEs will be available at Heathrow as part of a deal with WeKnowGroup, creating one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the UK. The zero emissions chauffeur service will begin
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UK runs coal free for 3 days
Our collective love for coal is toast. For three days Britian used no coal fired power stations with power instead comming from wind and gas. Coal accounted for less than 7% of the power mix last year, according to official figures. In April, 2017 Britain went its first full day without coal since the 19th
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The Oil Wars – Interesting Telegraph article
Good article in todays Daily Telegraph by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard titled: US has won battle on oil and, as we go electric, is poised to win the war. Read in full at the Telegraph – Highlights below: Over the last week the International Energy Agency and Opec have both capitulated on US shale, acknowledging that the US will achieve unparalleled
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Harrods goes Green with Nissan e-NV200
Harrods takes delivery of custom EVs. Over 100 years after the legendary London store first added an electric van to its fleet, Harrods is once again returning to EV technology, with the addition of the 100 percent electric Nissan e-NV200 delivery van. The British department store is the latest European business to add a zero
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Fiat under attack for emissions cheating
A French prosecutor has opened an investigation into FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) over allegations that the carmaker cheated in diesel emissions tests, a judicial source told Reuters on Tuesday. “I can confirm that a judicial investigation has been opened into aggravated cheating,” the source said. The source said the Paris prosecutor had opened the investigation on March
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