Wales is lagging behind the rest of Britain with the lowest number of electric vehicle charging points, say Welsh Conservatives who have urged the Labour controlled Government to boost the network. Figures show Wales has just under 1,000 charging points across the country – some 20,000 less than England and more than 1,600 less than Scotland. Department of … [Read more...]
Additives exist to immediately slash dirty emissions
The tools needed to help tackle the climate emergency already exist and could be used today to remove the equivalent of millions of cars from UK roads alone, a leading expert has said. The UK is hosting the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow amid mounting concern among scientists that countries are not doing enough to limit the emissions of greenhouse … [Read more...]
Tradelines 3 November
The average prices of both petrol and diesel hit new record highs in October after rising by nearly 7.5p and 8p respectively – with the price of unleaded rising faster than in any month since 2000, reports RAC Fuel Watch. On Sunday 24 October petrol exceeded the 142.48p a litre all-time peak set on 16 April 2012 by reaching 142.94p, then the price has … [Read more...]
Clean energy and transportation manifesto launched before COP26
Fully Charged, the world’s largest electric vehicle and clean energy channel has released a clean energy and transportation manifesto. Supported by some of the most pioneering businesses from across the energy and transport sectors, it challenges global governments to quit the chat and act today. From electrifying almost every form of ground … [Read more...]
Wales’s EV plan lacking detail and chargers, claim
Labour’s electric vehicle plan has been branded “long overdue and lacking in detail” by the Welsh Conservatives. Ministers published a plan this week outlining how they are going to build a confident future for electric car users – more than two and a half years after declaring a climate emergency. However, the Welsh Conservatives have questioned just … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 October
The latest RAC Report on Motoring shows that 49% of drivers commuted five days a week before the pandemic but just 32% expect to in the future. In addition, three-in-10 drivers (30%) now expect to commute between one and four days a week with the average number of commuting days in future standing at three per week, down from four before Covid-19 … [Read more...]
Expensive half-term for motorists
It’s going to be an expensive half-term break for families this week. Brian Madderson, Chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, warned that the record pump prices of 142ppl for petrol and 148ppl for diesel set in April 2012 are almost certain to be eclipsed before the end of October. Experian Catalist UK averages for 19 October were 141.35ppl and … [Read more...]
New range anxiety – for petrol & diesel cars
With new car registrations at their lowest since 1999 and the fuel crisis showing no sign of slowing data from New AutoMotive that shows “range anxiety” is becoming a thing of the past for electric vehicle drives with the number of charging points across the UK increasing by 32%, from 18,265 in July 2020 to 24,374 in July 2021 - an increase of … [Read more...]
Fuel shortages drying up car sales, says finance company
The ongoing fuel crisis is detering new car buyers, according to Close Brothers Motor Finance. A fifth (20%) of the UK public admit the fuel shortage up and down the country has put them off buying a new car. The research, which examined the impact of the national fuel shortage on car buying, found that well over a quarter (27%) say the crisis has … [Read more...]
Growing greener is a good ID.3 plan
Volkswagen don't want its electric vehicles to leave a stain on society and speed up global warming so it's entered into a long-chain programme to negate the evs carbon costs. Emissions are created during the entire life cycle of an electric vehicle. To reduce them sustainably, we follow this principle: Avoid first, then reduce and finally compensate … [Read more...]
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