Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Private equity firm in talks to buy collapsed startup Britishvolt
Greybull Capital considering bid as administrators at EY try to push through sale of gigafactory project
Jasper Jolly
01, Feb, 2023 @4:06 PM
Chinese owner of Lotus Technology to list a stake in US via blank cheque firm
EV maker and R&D arm of car group owned by Geely planning to join Nasdaq in deal with Spac backed by Bernard Arnault
Alex Lawson
31, Jan, 2023 @7:19 PM
Uber and Lyft in New York required to be zero-emission by 2030, officials say
Mayor Eric Adams announced the initiative was part of the ‘Working People’s Agenda’ at his second state of the city address
Gloria Oladipo
27, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Britishvolt ‘collapsed owing £120m’ as UK car industry reports dismal year
Several bids are understood to have been made for assets of failed electric vehicle battery startup
Jasper Jolly and John Collingridge
26, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM
Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc
By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
24, Jan, 2023 @8:30 AM
EU ‘could end reliance on China for electric car batteries by 2030’
Prediction predicated on investment that keeps pace with Joe Biden’s $369bn green subsidy spree
Alex Lawson
24, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Business minister boasted Britishvolt was Brexit success story months before collapse
Electric car battery firm planned to build large facility in Northumberland with government funds if it found investors
Michael Savage Policy Editor
22, Jan, 2023 @7:30 AM
The Observer view on the free market thinking that failed Britishvolt | Observer editorial
The government’s hands-off approach meant the odds were against the EV battery startup from the start
Observer editorial
22, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Britishvolt: how Britain’s bright battery future fell flat
Startup that hoped to transform UK car production was once valued at more than £800m, but collapsed worth a tiny fraction of that
Jasper Jolly
20, Jan, 2023 @4:49 PM
‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action
Small interventions on electric cars and plant-based meat could unlock rapid emissions cuts, say experts
Damian Carrington Environment editor
20, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
UK net zero report: what are its recommendations and conclusions?
What seeks to be comprehensive review actually contains huge gaps and is devastating assessment of Tories’ failures
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
19, Jan, 2023 @3:00 PM
Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models
Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollution
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
19, Jan, 2023 @4:29 AM
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