Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars

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• Boris Johnson's diesel car scrappage scheme could cost £300m

  11 Sep 2014: Paying owners £2,000 to switch to cleaner models could take more than 150,000 polluting cars off London’s roads, mayor says
  

• Can you save energy by using public transport? It’s not that simple

  10 Sep 2014: Christian Wolmar: Car use is declining while the popularity of train travel is on the rise, but calculating cost per trip is a complex business

• London to get hybrid buses that could charge wirelessly

  28 Aug 2014: BusinessGreen: Transport for London trial to equip bus stops to boost batteries wirelessly when the buses arrive

• Big power out, solar in: UBS urges investors to join renewables revolution

  27 Aug 2014: World’s largest private bank predicts large-scale power stations will soon make way for electric cars and new solar technologies

• Volvo and Renault lead way as electric car sales double in EU

  30 Jul 2014: 50,000 plug-in vehicles sold in 2013, up from 22,000 in 2012, but electric models still tiny fraction of all new cars sold

• 10 reasons to be hopeful that we will overcome climate change

  30 Jul 2014: From action in China and the US to falling solar costs and rising electric car sales, there is cause to be hopeful

• Increase diesel taxes to fight pollution, say Boris Johnson and green groups

  29 Jul 2014: Mayor and environmentalists call for a reconsideration of fuel taxes given the health problems associated with the lower-taxed fuel

• UK on track to miss carbon targets, climate change advisers warn

  15 Jul 2014: Green deal and energy company obligation, government's flagship energy efficiency schemes, found wanting

• China makes new electric cars tax-free

  10 Jul 2014: Buyers of fully electric, hybrid and fuel cell cars will not have to pay purchase tax from September to the end of 2017

• Electric ‘Boris cars’ are coming to London – how do they work in Paris?

  9 Jul 2014: When the electric car-sharing scheme Autolib’ launched in the French capital, staff were advised to expect a complete disaster. Three years and 30m miles later, the biggest concern is pigeons
  

• The road to renewables: finding a sustainable fuel source

  Guardian Professional, 9 Jul 2014:

  In a push to meet EU targets on renewable energy, DHL and Sainsbury's are experimenting with new fuel sources in their transport fleets. But have they found the answer?

• Formula E: do the guilt-free thrills of electric car racing herald a new era for motor sport?

  7 Jul 2014: With ‘fan boosts’ and city centre circuits, race organisers are breaking taboos in the hope of making electric cars cool

• Formula E racing 'makes electric cars more sexy' - video

  Video (3min 01sec), 7 Jul 2014:

  Test days for the FIA Formula E championship at Donington Park saw the first single-seater, electrically powered racing cars taking to the track

• Tesla hands over the keys to its electric car technology

  13 Jun 2014: CEO Elon Musk unveils plans to give away the company’s entire patent portfolio to ‘clear a path’ for electric vehicles

• Tesla Motors to open source its technology

  13 Jun 2014: The car company is making a bid to increase the overall market for electric vehicles

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