Nine green tech projects that prove scale is possible
TL;DRHornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK delivers 1.3 GW and powers over 1.4 million homes since August 2022.Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India, has a total installed capability...
Electric Vehicles
Tracks hydrogen trucks, eVTOL certification, dynamic charging failures, buyer guides, and adoption barriers.
Rolls-Royce Sold Hybrid Marine to Kongsberg in 2019
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc built a hybrid propulsion system for commercial ships that combined diesel or LNG engines with battery packs and a power management system. It supplied that system to...
Robert Llewellyn on the Green Transport Revolution
Robert Llewellyn, best known as the android Kryten in Red Dwarf and the face of Scrapheap Challenge, has spent more than a decade as one of the most visible advocates...
UK Ban on New Petrol and Diesel Cars: 2040 to 2030 to 2035
The UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans in 2035, not 2030. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the delay on 20 September 2023, abandoning...
Norway's 2018 electric plane test targets 2040 goal
On 18 June 2018, Norway flew the world's first battery-powered electric aircraft with a government minister on board. The flight lasted about 10 minutes, used a two-seat plane, and left...
UK smart-charge rules set for 2025
The Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 were laid before the UK Parliament in 2021 and took effect on 30 June 2022. The Office for Product Safety and Standards...
Wireless, Megawatt, and V2G: The Next Wave of EV Charging
The next generation of electric vehicle charging does not involve a cable. Inductive pads, megawatt-level connectors for trucks, and bidirectional systems that let cars feed power back to buildings and...
ECARX's SPAC Merger with COVA: $3.82 Billion Deal Completed
ECARX, a global mobility technology provider co-founded by Ziyu Shen and Eric Li (Li Shufu), completed its merger with blank-check firm COVA Acquisition Corp. The combined entity began trading on...
Nottingham wireless EV trial ends, 5 lessons learned
Nottingham ran a real-world trial of wireless inductive charging for vehicles. The effort was a time-limited, publicly funded research and demonstration programme. After the trial window closed, the consortium dissolved,...
UFOdrive electric rental shut down in 2024
UFOdrive was an all-electric, app-based rental service that operated in several European cities. Founded in Luxembourg in 2018 by Aidan McClean, it let customers book, access and drive a Tesla...
Tesla UK factory lost to Brexit, Berlin wins
Tesla seriously evaluated building its first European Gigafactory in Somerset, England, but chose a site near Berlin instead. The UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union created regulatory, trade...
UK green plates for zero-emission cars explained
In December 2020, the UK government introduced green number plates for zero-emission cars. A green flash sits on the left-hand side of an otherwise conventional plate. The plates are voluntary....
