From fossil fuel generated electricity to unreliable batteries, electric cars haven’t always lived up to the hype. But with the launch of the Vauxhall Ampera, could all that be about to change? Ruth Styles reports
… Electric cars: could the new Vauxhall Ampera really … Ruth Styles | 22nd July 2011 Ethical Living Cars Electric Cars Motoring Eco Driving Vauxhall Ampera …
In an ideal world we’d all take the train but it isn’t always possible. So what to do? Carbuzz.co.uk's James Hind has some tips
… has some tips The environmental impact of cars, from dependency on fossil fuels to the … But with train fares rising and electric cars commanding prices beyond the means of most, cars remain the mode of transport of choice …
With less than 25 years until the purchase of new diesel and petrol cars will be banned, JACK ALEXANDER explores what is holding back the electric car market in the UK.
… Are British drivers ready to give electric cars the green light? Jack Alexander | 2nd … until the purchase of new diesel and petrol cars will be banned, JACK ALEXANDER explores … 2040, the purchase of new diesel and petrol cars will be banned, forcing the UK population …
Environmental campaigning groups including Greenpeace and WWF publish a joint report today calling on the UK Government to bring forward the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030.
JOE WARE reports
… New report says electric cars will dramatically improve Britain's … Ware | 25th August 2017 News Energy Electric Cars Clean Growth Plan Michael Gove Air … the proposed ban on petrol and electric cars to 2030. JOE WARE reports Electric cars …
Back in 2000 John Prescott mooted 25 different tram projects across the UK, but a decade later where has that dream gone? Robert Williams laments how we have lost a solution to cutting cars and reclaiming our urban streets
… how we have lost a solution to cutting cars and reclaiming our urban streets … of public transport and the increase in cars on the road. Over the last 30 years, most … we want to attract motorists away from their cars, alternative forms of public transport …
The closure of the Delphi automotive factory in the market town of Sudbury will result in the loss of 520 jobs. But former Sudbury resident JOSEPH DUTTON explains that the decision serves as a warning to car makers about the rise of the electric car - and the problems created by Brexit
… and consumer attitudes towards diesel cars. Last month, sales of new diesels in the … scrappage schemes for older, polluting cars, while city and national governments … want bans on the sale and use of diesel cars. EVs are forecast to make up 54 percent …
Days into the 2017 pollution limits on the Brixton Road in Lambeth, South London, has already breached EU pollution limits for NO2 for the entire year. Meanwhile UK sales of diesel cars - one of the main causes of NO2 pollution - reached record levels in 2016, reflecting the government's failure to tackle the problem in spite of numerous court orders.
… the entire year. Meanwhile UK sales of diesel cars - one of the main causes of NO2 pollution … levels on these busy roads is pollution from cars, buses, trucks and motorbikes - and … dozens of signatures every minute. Diesel cars now account for 47.7% of new …
There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next year to blow through our carbon budget for a 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise. Never mind staying below a safer, saner 1.5 degrees of global warming, warns STEPHEN LEAHY
… 10th August 2017 News Climate Change Oil Gas Cars Production Capital Investment volvo-cars.jpg There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built …
The advancement in technology and recent UK government policy announcements both point towards the successful take over of the electric car, even where other energy innovations have failed. Dr Christian Jardine assesses the latest developments
… Jardine | 8th September 2017 News Electric Cars Energy Policy Coal Gas Oil 405223.jpg The … banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars in the UK from 2040. Whilst they are … to need 20% more electricity to power all cars. Smart charging The key issue is to …
The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans
Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel Richard Bourn | 13th December 2011 Activism Politics And Economics Health Energy Transport Development Public Transport …
We live in a throwaway society. Innovation in the tech industries mean ever more powerful products come to market. But the death of repair shops and a culture of reliance is not simply the result of shiny new things. Corporations, and capitalism itself, requires planned obsolesce, argues STEVEN GORELICK
… the technique could be applied not just to cars, but to almost any manufactured good, …
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet
… In 1993, there were only 37,000 private cars on the road, with the vast majority of … Today there are more than 35 million cars, a figure that is expected to grow to 150 … million within the next ten years. All these cars have contributed to the severe air …
Forty years ago this month The Ecologist reported on the environmental implications of the rise of the Japanese economy. In the wake of the recent earthquake and associated nuclear fears has it cleaned up its act?
… . Even with the now mandatory requirement for cars to be equipped with catalytic converters … in 1964 and has since taken numerous cars off the road and even rendered internal …
Whether it’s rugby, cricket or football you’re into, there are ways to make your sporting pursuits a little greener. Ruth Styles and Catuxa Argibay have more
… travelling within the UK, an over-reliance on cars to get from park to pitch is making the …
Never mind the climate idiocy that has gripped the USA! Global emissions are already flatlining, writes Joe Ware, and a new initiative just launched in London aims to start pulling them down by 2020. Sure it's ambitious, but it's possible - because the future is unlike the past, and it's already happening, right now. Are you up for the challenge?
… projects like Google Glass and driverless cars. He spoke via video link up from, what I … Google's data centres. Likewise self-driving cars could be another boon for the climate: … the person survives. But if you could build cars that didn't crash into walls, you could …
We should resurrect the 1940s plans for a Grand Contour Canal - a 100ft-wide waterway that would have followed the 300ft contour line around England from Newcastle to London to Southampton and many places in-between - and then we could all travel more pleasurably, writes PAUL MILES
… pony are how I get around the country. I hate cars. On my continuous cruising of the 2,000 …
It's not just that the government does not seem to care about the millions of Britons that have died prematurely from traffic pollution, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. It's that every policy intervention they have made is making the problem worse! Join us this Saturday to demand a sane transport policy that will make our roads safe for people, and our air fit to breathe.
… example, they have Increased taxes on cleaner cars; Reduced taxes on more polluting cars; Department for Transport proposed the … by 2025. Ban all non-zero emission private cars from cities on days where pollution …
Ethical shopping could reach record levels this Christmas if trends continue, with growth of sustainable products up across the board. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
… with vegetarianism up 30 percent. Hybrid cars Sales of ethical clothing increased by … cited a slump in sales of the most efficient cars in tax band A for this trend. However, … registrations of new electric or hybrid cars rose by 22 percent, while their market …
It’s the biggest green energy company in the UK but that’s not enough for founder, Dale Vince. The next step, he tells Peter Salisbury, is to take on the ‘big six’ energy companies and show us all that renewables are the way forward
… of plans to develop hydrogen-cell powered cars – a wheeze that is costing major … to almost 30. ‘The idea of having electric cars is just a chicken and egg thing,’ he says. ‘To get people using the cars, you need the charging infrastructure but …
Electric bicycles are yet to go mainstream in the UK but could the launch of Haibike’s new electric mountain bike change all that? Gervase Poulden reports
… transport such as scooters and even electric cars. When the CO2 emissions produced to … mile compared to 150 grams for most electric cars, and 136 grams for scooters. With such … funding and offering tax breaks for electric cars instead of encouraging the use of …
The sonic backdrop to our lives is increasingly one of unwanted technospheric noise, writes Paul Mobbs. And as it eclipses the sounds of nature, it's taking its toll on our health, wellbeing and quality of life. So as well as campaigning for more trees, and quieter cars, trucks and aircraft, what's to be done? Let us seek out calm moments of quiet tranquillity - and listen to the birds.
… as campaigning for more trees, and quieter cars, trucks and aircraft, what's to be done? … volumes of traffic and thus noise. But aren't cars are getting quieter? Road vehicles are … noted in 2009 , while the noise emitted by cars has reduce by eleven decibels since 1970, …
Science textbooks aimed at teenagers simply ignore the most effective lifestyle changes to prevent climate change: go vegetarian, cycle, take the train overseas and have fewer kids. It is time parents sat down and explained the low carbon birds and the bees, asks BRENDAN MONTAGUE
Should teenagers give up on having children to save the planet? Brendan Montague | 18th July 2017 News Climate Change Emissions Carbon Teenagers Textbooks Children Family Sex …
A new study explains for the first time how nanoparticles like those in diesel exhaust fumes cause heart disease by lodging in inflamed blood vessels, writes Oliver Tickell. The study, published as the UK government is ordered before the High Court to justify its refusal to publish plans to tackle illegal air pollution which afflicts 38 million people, also raises wider fears about 'engineered nanoparticles' in the environment.
… may bear heavily on the owners of the diesel cars that are responsible for much of the … example by restricting the access of diesel cars to urban areas, or forcing the early … diesel car owners to scrap 1 million cars would cost a cool £1 billion. A more …
Opponents say the controversial bypass will damage ancient woodlands, disturb wetland birds and impact on protected areas - and it's just one of 22 similar schemes currently awaiting approval. Jan Goodey investigates
Bexhill bypass puts road building back in the spotlight Jan Goodey | 18th January 2011 News Society Roadbuilding Transport Investigations Wildlife newbury4.jpg Opponents say the controversial bypass …