More and more regularly now we are reading on the business or environment pages about the efforts to mainstream electric vehicles.  Nik Martin writes on the Deutsche Welle website about the plans outlined by Daimler’s new CEO.   Daimler doubles down on austerity as electric era beckons Daimler's new CEO has promised the luxury German … Continue reading German car manufacturer Daimler making huge investments in electromobility and autonomous transport as it seeks to dethrone US rival Tesla →

Both the City of Westminster and Sheffield will be piloting a project to collect household rubbish from electric bin vehicles. These are diesel trucks that have been repowered with electric motors.  Maya Wolfe-Robinson explains in an article in The Guardian. It will be interesting to see how successful the pilot is.   Westminster and Sheffield … Continue reading Rubbish will be picked up in Britain as never before →

The islands produce more power than they're able to consume, so diverting some of that into electric vehicles seems an obvious move, writes Kevin Keane on the BBC website. It is encouraging to see recent developments in Orkney, an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland.   Is Orkney 'in the fast lane' on electric … Continue reading Orkney Islands have one of the highest proportions of electric cars in Britain →

Jeff McMahon writes on the Forbes website about the importance of ensuring there is adequate infrastructure for charging EVs. It does cause a dilemma, however, about what comes first – the electric vehicle or the charging station? What has been your experience?   The Electric-Vehicle Revolution Has A Visibility Problem Which comes first: the electric … Continue reading Raising the image of electric vehicles →

An Estonian-based company is developing a 600 kg three-wheeled electric car that can carry three people.  It can even be stored vertically. Rhiannon Williams explains in an article in The I newsletter.   This electric car is light enough to park vertically on walls like a gecko Estonia-based company Nobe has started raising funds to … Continue reading Estonia-based company raising funds to build an electric car lightweight enough to park vertically on wall →

Electric vehicles are in the news almost daily. Are they a game changer? Gail Broadbent and Graciela Metternicht from the University of New South Wales write about the economic benefits that are already there. Do you agree?   Don't trust the environmental hype about electric vehicles? The economic benefits might convince you With electric cars … Continue reading There are plenty of economic reasons to change our gas-guzzling habits →

Car manufacturers could take advantage of new European emissions rules to push sales of “fake electric” vehicles, green transport campaigners have warned.  Josh Gabbatiss explains in an article on The Independent website.   New European emissions limits for cars risk triggering influx of ‘fake electric’ vehicles, green group warns Car manufacturers could take advantage of … Continue reading Concerns about possible ‘fake electric’ vehicles in Europe →

Our whole approach to mobility is changing as we see how electric vehicles can make a difference and that the technologies are advancing at such a rate, that the impact will significantly increase. Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz from Clean Energy Canada, a think tank at Simon Fraser University discusses the situation in Canada in … Continue reading Canada sees big opportunity in promoting electric buses →