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Uber 'far behind' on its promise for more electric cars

Last year the company pledged that half its vehicles in European capitals would be electric by 2025. It's a long way from reaching that goal.

Mobility

Elon Musk: Tesla hasn't signed deal to sell Hertz 100,000 cars

Car rental firm Hertz said it had ordered the electric vehicles last week, sending Tesla's stock price to record highs.

Mobility

Electric vehicle car sales soar in Europe

Registrations of hybrid electric passenger cars accounted for 20 per cent of the total EU market during the third quarter.

Mobility

Carmakers shift up a gear in the race to go electric and take on Tesla

A flurry of announcements on Monday showed how the global auto industry has kicked into a higher gear as it races to speed past the fossil-fuel car era.

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Tech News

Macron unveils €30bn plan to revive French industry with high tech

With six months until France’s presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is hedging his bets on tech to revive the country’s economic fortunes.

Mobility

Tesla will move its HQ to Texas, Musk announces

Company CEO Elon Musk has had a fractious relationship with Californian authorities, with disagreements over COVID safety rules leading Tesla to sue a county health department.

Mobility

Citroën looks to reimagine city travel with new self-driving pods

Rethinking urban mobility, Citroën is leading a revolution in autonomous cars for city living.

Eco-Innovation

This sport is shaping the future by pushing electric cars to the limit

“I think we push the movement forward at a very fast level compared to a manufacturer...it just elevates everything a lot faster.”

Green News

World's fastest electric car charger is invented in Switzerland

It can be used on four vehicles at once and fully charges your car in just 15 minutes.

Tech News

Rolls-Royce joins electric revolution with Spectre car

The luxury carmaker expects its first fully electric model, Spectre, to be available in late 2023.

Eco-Innovation

These are the top 5 cities in the world for driving electric cars

The best cities to drive an electric car are ranked based on the battery range of the vehicle and how far they can travel.

Mobility

Your next electric car will likely be a Chinese make. Here's why

While the average price of an EV in Europe has increased by a third, in China, the cost of a new electric car has almost halved.

Eco-Innovation

UK faces criticism for plans to install millions of EV chargers

The UK’s new rule to implement car charging points in all new homes seems like good thinking, but are the plans ignoring the country’s actual sustainability needs?

Mobility

Europe’s top 5 mobility start-ups to watch

Technology can prevent us from falling asleep at the wheel and even allow us to fly in electric cars. We look at five exciting European mobility start-ups.

Rethink

Electric versus solar: Why your next car could run on solar energy

Dutch scale-up Lightyear is harnessing solar energy as an alternative source of power for its ultra-efficient vehicles.

Mobility

Europe's carmakers are switching to electric. Here's when it'll happen

Europe-based automakers are pledging to drop petrol and diesel to go all-electric, but how long will it take?

Mobility

This young Russian has built his own electric car from scratch

Can’t afford a Tesla? Maybe take inspiration from this 23-year-old who has built his own solar-powered electric car.

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The IAA mobility show opens for the first time in Munich

The IAA mobility show comes with the automotive industry at a crossroads. There has been some criticism that the German car makers were not switching to electric engines fast enough.

Mobility

Decision to give Tesla €1 billion in subsidies expected at end of 2021

The US electric carmaker will have to wait to see if it will benefit from state subsidies in Germany for its gigafactory near Berlin.

Mobility

Tesla's self-driving software update 'not great', admits Elon Musk

The billionaire company founder said engineers were "rallying" to make improvements to Tesla's newly released FSD 9.2 Beta