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Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead
How effective can one person's actions be in fighting climate change and keeping the environment healthy? As a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on energy…
German electric vehicles sales collapse in 2024 after end of subsidy
New VW ID.Buzz electric buses are parked in a parking lot at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant.Sales of electric vehicles in Germany collapsed in 2024 following the cancellation of…
Study shows electric and petrol car prices narrowing in Germany
A man plugs an ID.5 GTX into the charging station. The price gap between electric cars and comparable combustion engine models in Germany is narrowing, according to a new car market study…
Ford reduces working hours at German electric car manufacturing site
US vehicle manufacturer Ford is implementing a reduced work regime in the western German city of Cologne due to weak demand for electric cars. "The significantly lower than expected demand…
China targets EU brandy with tariffs in tit-for-tat over Chinese EVs
China announced on Tuesday that it had imposed provisional tariffs on European brandy, after the bloc recently approved new tariffs on the import of electric cars from China. The Ministry…
As EU targets Chinese cars, European rivals sputter
As the EU seeks to put a brake on competition from Chinese electric cars, European automakers are stuck in second gear. German group Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes and Stellantis, a 15-brand…
EU states plan Friday vote on Chinese EV tariffs
EU member states are expected to vote on whether to slap hefty tariffs on imported electric cars from China on Friday, European diplomats said on Monday. The European Commission, in charge…
If you're hoping air taxis are the future, researchers have bad news
Vehicles for urban air mobility (UAM), such as electric air taxis that lift off vertically, perform much worse than we may think in categories such as travel times, costs and emissions, a…
Volvo becomes latest carmaker to scale back electric ambitions, eases goal to at least 90% by 2030
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Sweden-based Volvo Cars has eased off on its pledge to stop selling cars with internal combustion motors by 2030, saying slow rollout of places to charge up and…
EV battery production tainted by charges of environmental damage
Proponents of hybrid and electric cars say they are a greener alternative to petrol and diesel vehicles. But the industry's supply chains could be "riddled by human rights and…