Travel and transport
Uber aims for greener trips and to expand London electric vehicle fleet
New features come to Uber app and firm is funding installation of 700 public charging points in east London
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
08, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM
Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles
Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response
Simon Evans
08, Jun, 2023 @5:00 AM
Petrol and diesel engines are dying technology. The electric car age is inevitable | Ben Lane
Arguments over the green credentials of electric cars are already over. Work on 21st-century tech, and leave the past behind, says Zapmap co-founder Ben Lane
Ben Lane
07, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
What’s the Caribbean without its beaches? But the people are losing access to them
Barring public access to beaches and other sites is not a model for development. Transparency and engagement are needed
Kenneth Mohammed
06, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
Why electric cars win in the long run | Brief letters
Brief letters: Electric v petrol | Boarding school bites | Sewage shares | Miliband militancy | Damp spirits
04, Jun, 2023 @3:31 PM
Climate activists disrupt Europe’s biggest private jet fair
Protesters from Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion and others chain themselves to aircraft in Geneva
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
23, May, 2023 @11:54 AM
I’m glad you’ve bought an electric vehicle. But your conscience isn’t clean | John Naughton
First, you’ve got to drive a long way before you overcome your EV’s embedded carbon debt. And then there’s the trouble with the minerals in its battery…
John Naughton
06, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
The Hague introduces €50 flat fee for parking to deter drivers
Scheme on certain streets including near beach makes it as costly to park for 10 minutes as for whole day
Senay Boztas
06, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Carmakers are pushing electric SUVs, but smaller is better when it comes to EVs
Electric SUVs are better than their gas counterparts for the climate, but they can be worse than compact gas burners
Oliver Milman
04, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
National Trust criticised for plans to build Peak District’s biggest car park
Heritage body wants to build 1,065-space car park at Lyme Park despite net zero by 2030 pledge
Helen Pidd North of England editor
01, May, 2023 @12:15 PM
The Guardian view on the electric car revolution: targets are not enough | Editorial
Editorial: The government must do its bit to make new electric vehicles more affordable if mass adoption is to be achieved on the road to net zero
Editorial
25, Apr, 2023 @5:32 PM
The world’s most perfect places are being turned into backdrops for our tourist selfies | Tobias Jones
Italy depends on tourism but despairs at the hordes who descend on its beauty spots. Its solutions are being watched around the globe
Tobias Jones
22, Apr, 2023 @5:31 PM
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