• Spooks probe whether Chinese-made electric cars could be spying on Brits for Beijing

    Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden revealed that a top-level review is under way into whether hostile states could use the vehicles (EVs) as intelligence-gathering devices.

  • Is the global EV bubble bursting? As global demand starts to slow, share prices tank and Tesla cuts 10% of the workforce.are car giants ready to slam the brakes on electric revolution?

    In the first quarter of 2024, the two biggest manufacturers of electronic vehicles, Tesla and its Chinese rival BYD reports dramatic sales drops compared against the same time last year.

  • F1 Chinese Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

    Following the first sprint race of the season, Verstappen did the double on Saturday with sprint race victory and grand prix pole position – marking Red Bull’s 100th pole in F1. Sergio Perez made it an all-Red Bull front row ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso who bounced back from retiring from the Chinese GP sprint race after picking up a puncture in a clash with Carlos Sainz. Lando Norris led the McLaren charge in fourth in qualifying, unable to repeat his sprint race pole from Friday,...

  • F1 Chinese GP – Start time, how to watch, starting grid & TV channel

    Max Verstappen will line up first on the grid yet again after scoring Red Bull's 100th pole position in qualifying on Saturday. He will be joined by team-mate Sergio Perez as part of an all-Red Bull front row lockout. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Lando Norris (Ferrari) will start second and third respectively. What time does the Chinese Grand Prix start? The Chinese GP will begin at 3pm local time (+8 GMT) at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday. Date: Sunday, 21 April, 2024 Start...

  • Have we passed peak electric car?

    Electric cars have not become better or cheaper fast enough, and without rapid improvements the market will run out of road, says Paul Ormerod This week I got rid of my electric car. As a car, it was a pleasure to drive. I also enjoyed the fact that it disconcerted at least some of my []

  • Spain and China: electric cars in Barcelona

    Barcelona, April 22 (Prensa Latina) Spain and China are preparing to produce 150 thousand vehicles, mainly electric, after an agreement signed today in Barcelona by Chery and Ebro-Ev Motors. The post Spain and China: electric cars in Barcelona first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Bumpy ride for electric cars in Europe

    Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone. Despite the fact that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the European Union as of 2035, sales of plug-in “zero emission” […]

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    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set “to remake the global auto industry and significantly reduce oil consumption for road transport.” It expects half of all cars sold globally to be electric by 2035, up from more than one in five this year, provided charging...

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    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set

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    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set

  • Electric Cars, Cultivated Meat and Technological Change

    There have been a lot of negative stories in the press lately about cultivated meat. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It has the potentially to dramatically reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions, pandemic risk, and the suffering we inflict on animals. Conservative states are trying to ban the More

  • Who invented Scalextric? Was it the first electric race car set?

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