Exclusive: lobby wants £1.5bn scheme to jump-start sector despite clean fuel pledges
The UK automotive industry has been in confidential talks with the government over a possible £1.5bn scrappage…
A group of Danish companies are joining forces to build one of the world's largest facilities producing synthetic fuels. The unique partnership aims to help decarbonize the country's transport sector…
Cross-party group highlights new evidence on how dirty air may worsen infections
Air pollution must be kept at low levels to help avoid a second peak of coronavirus infections, according to a cross-…
A country fuelled by hydropower has become the world’s electric vehicle leader.
In 1995, the lead singer of the 1980s band A-ha and the head of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona climbed…
French solar thin-film specialist Armor has designed a retractable automotive solar cover. It has deployed an initial prototype on a Gazelle electric car, but it said that the cover can be used on…
But roughly $150bn of subsidies, carbon pricing and more supportive policies may be needed for green hydrogen to reach full decarbonisation potential, finds analyst
A major rollout of green hydrogen…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to combat climate change, releasing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks that handed…
Campaigners describe lobbying of EU to defer impending regulations as shameless.
The motor industry has been accused by campaigners of trying to use the coronavirus crisis to avert stricter…
Exclusive: tiny particles produced by motor traffic can invade the brain and carry carcinogens.
New research has linked air pollution nanoparticles to brain cancer for the first time.
The ultra-…
Electric cars are great at reducing tailpipe emissions, but building them is also highly energy-intensive, so Volvo is using the launch of its new XC40 Recharge EV to commit to a 40% reduction across…
Electric and diesel buses pass in turn along one of the main avenues in Chile’s capital Santiago, sweeping past the national football stadium and up towards the Andean mountains.
The differences are…
Revoking the state’s tough fuel-efficiency standards would increase US greenhouse-gas emissions.
US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke California’s legal authority to set its…
Report predicts radical scheme could cut air pollution by a quarter as other cities including Seattle prepare to follow suit.
Barcelona could save hundreds of lives and cut air pollution by a…
Hyundai has released a version of its Sonata hybrid that has solar panels to help charge its battery.
The Korean car maker said up to 60% of the power for the car's battery could be supplied if the…
Engineers at Lehigh University are the first to utilize a single enzyme biomineralization process to create a catalyst that uses the energy of captured sunlight to split water molecules to produce…
Hydrogen is the most abundant element on Earth, but it is not readily available and must be extracted. Vehicles powered by hydrogen could represent the future of motoring, but this technology is yet…
The BMW Group has unveiled a new all-electric Mini.
The electric vehicle will be on sale from early 2020 and order books opened on Monday.
The Mini Electric was unveiled at the Oxford plant where…
By 2050, National Grid predicts, 35m electric cars will supply energy when needed.
A fleet of 35m electric vehicles could help the UK reach its net-zero carbon target by forming large battery hubs…
Record-breaking temperatures recorded in France last week may have fizzled but the cars that were banned from Paris during the heatwave will remain off the road under new measures to banish smog.…