home charging Octopus, the UK’s largest energy supplier, has launched a system that automatically invoices employers for the cost of home-charging company cars for business trips – even if they’re not a customer. At home is by far the cheapest place for electric car drivers to plug in, thanks to an Ofgem-capped rate of 27p/kWh and utility companies…
When you stop and think about it, it’s mind-blowing how we’ve harnessed electricity to build and power our societies. It almost seems like magic, taking the same natural phenomenon that powers our brains and muscles and using it to do everything else. We all learned in school how the discovery and use of electricity changed…
Climate benefits of driving electric are not being told, shows Greenhush Award freeware In 2024, a record 21 % of all new cars in Europe were fully battery-electric or plug-ins, with more than a 50 % share in several markets and even higher market shares for small trucks in some markets. This is true also…
00:00 Speaker A Tesla surprising Wall Street, reporting a record number of deliveries in the third quarter, coming in above 497,000 and more than 7% above the mark set during the same period last year. The end of the third quarter also coinciding with the expiration of EV tax credits. Were the Tesla numbers a…
Australia’s electric vehicle market is booming, but scratch the surface and there are still big roadblocks ahead. At a recent EV show in Melbourne, shiny new models and bold branding painted a picture of progress — yet behind the scenes, questions remained about affordability, infrastructure, and looming tax changes that could slow the momentum. “Next…
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is signaling enough is enough when it comes to the fierce competition in the country’s electric car market. China’s industrial policy has engineered a remarkable transformation to electric vehicles in what is the world’s largest auto market. In so doing, it has spawned far more makers than can possibly…
A new hybrid electric car from China might just shift the balance in the global electric vehicle race — and save drivers a ton at the pump. According to CNEV Post, government filings in China revealed that Geely Galaxy is adding a plug-in hybrid called the A7 to its lineup. Citing social media content, CNEV…
The country is going down. This isn’t my opinion, it’s the finding of a recently published study, showing that 28 of the most populous U.S. cities are sinking. These are not just coastal cities; there are also ones in the interior — including Nashville, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Columbus, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, and more. The study uses…