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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

Green Car Congress

According to the survey of 4,760 European consumers, 16% see themselves as potential first movers to buy or lease an electric vehicle, while 53% say they might be willing to consider it, and 31% say they are not likely to consider purchasing or leasing an EV. There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry.

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Resounding success or a piece of scrap? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Since the introduction of Britain’s vehicle scrappage scheme, everything appears rosy for the country’s automotive industry once more. Environmentalists have dubbed the vehicle scrappage scheme “a bailout masquerading as a green initiative” and have slammed the Government for failing to tie the initiative to green cars. Money talks.

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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Out have gone the coffee before work each morning, the weekend nights out, and the rush to buy the hot new DVD releases; in has been a new, thrifty way of living. With few of us having the cash or credit to buy an expensive new addition, the bottom seems to have fallen out of the automotive industry which has been plunged into crisis.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Many leading markets and car manufacturers have committed to effectively phasing out fossil fuel powered light vehicles. One of the largest RHD markets, the United Kingdom, has been transitioning towards this outcome for many years creating an “Office of Low Emission Vehicles” in 2014. This will happen from 2030.

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Is a green tax blitz justified? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

If the UK can develop clean technology then it could dominate export markets rather than having to spend billions on buying carbon credits from countries that have left us behind. The likes of Germany and Denmark are already reaping the rewards of having altered their tax systems to encourage green innovation.

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