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…
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…
Drivers of older, more polluting cars and vans will be hit with an extra £10 charge to drive in central London from 23 October 2017, the Mayor of London has confirmed. The new toxicity charge, known as T-charge, will affect both diesel and petrol cars with pre-Euro 4 engines, broadly those registered before 2005. It…
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…
A toxic cocktail of extreme cold, no wind and heavy burning of coal and wood for heating has left many European regions shrouded in smog. In many countries, including Britain, France and Belgium, officials have cautioned against physical exertion for children and the elderly, and for people with respiratory problems. Officials in Paris have ordered…
