The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that a replacement for the Zero Carbon Homes initiative, effectively scrapped by the government in July, is one of two “main concerns” for the Committee alongside the development of electric vehicles.
The government will trial wireless charging for electric vehicles on roads later this year with a view to implementing the technology on the UK’s motorway and A road network.
Tesla has confirmed that its latest electric vehicle, the Model X, will be launching in September but warned that unforeseen problems with suppliers could impact planned production.
The Formula E championship has the lofty ambition of changing the public’s “perception of electric cars”, according to Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E.
Automotive giant, Airbus Group will be unveiling its all-electric aeroplane the E-Fan at this year’s Paris air show ahead of starting construction next year.
Audi’s research facility in Dresden has claimed to have developed high-quality diesel fuel which is climate neutral from water, CO2 and renewable energy.
Cars being sold today are nearly seven grammes of CO2/Km below the European Union’s 2015 target, according to provisional data published by the EU Environment Agency.
The European Parliament has endorsed proposals to limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport to 7%, down from the current 10% by 2020 target.
According to a report by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Würtemberg (ZSW), more than 740,000 electric cars were on the road so far in 2015.