Blogposts tagged 'Electric Vehicles'

Electric dreams

Posted by christian - 16 April 2009 at 5:11pm - 2 Comments

Electric cars have been around for ages, and were competing quite successfully with petrol-driven versions in the 1920s, until cheap oil was discovered in Texas, and Henry Ford got busy mass-producing fossil fuel driven vehicles.

Well, maybe the age of the electric car has finally come. Apparently the government will announce in next week's budget money for those wanting to switch to electric cars - up to £5000 towards the cost of a new electric motor. Finally, a few things seem to be coming together - improved batteries which provide enough power between charges to cover most journeys, a car industry casting around for new money-making ideas in a recession, and a range of pretty mainstream electric car designs. So, is this it for the petrol-driven car?

Article tagged as: budget, climate change, electric vehicles

Shipping and aviation will count in emission targets, electric cars get new funding

Posted by jossc - 27 October 2008 at 3:06pm - 3 Comments

Planes at Heathrow

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband has agreed to include emissions from aviation and shipping in the new Climate Change Bill, which is due to become law next month. Having already taken the important step of upping Britain's commitment to curb its carbon footprint from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050 during his first week in office, he's now accepted an ammendment to the bill proposed by rebel Labour MPs to include the carbon footprint of the aviation and shipping industries.

Article tagged as: aviation, climate change bill, co2 emissions, electric vehicles, public transport, shipping

Day Seven: The Good Stuff

Posted by graham - 26 July 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog

After a sustained period of whinging, it's time to have a look at some of the good things on display at the motor show. Whilst most car journeys really ought to be by foot, cycle or public transport, there will be a place for private motor vehicles for quite a while yet, and if you look hard enough, the show has some useful ideas for how we can keep driving in a non-Kamikaze fashion.

Article tagged as: 4x4s, climate change, congestion charge, diesel, electric vehicles, g-wiz, goingreen, hybrid cars, mercedes, motorshow, peugeot, public transport, smart cars, transport, VED

Day One at the Motor Show - Revisited

Posted by graham - 20 July 2006 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog

Apparently today is day one, and so yesterday must have been day zero, and the press launch would have been day minus one. I apologise for any confusion this may have caused.

Yesterday's interesting little factoid about SUVs brings us to the question which I intend to skirt around and eventually fail to answer in this blog - is the motor industry starting to move in the right (low emissions) direction, or is the occasional bit of good news just greenwash to keep the likes of me happy whilst everyone else gets on with the serious business of getting a bigger, shinier car than their neighbours? Motor shows are supposed to give you a feel for what the cars of the near future will look like, so what sort of future is on display at the Excel centre?

Article tagged as: 4x4s, climate change, electric vehicles, emissions, hybrid cars, mercedes, motorshow, peugeot, traffic, transport

The Islay Wave Bus - the world's first!

Posted by bex - 27 August 2002 at 7:00am - 2 Comments
Islay wave bus: the worlds first electric bus to be powered by wave energy

Islay wave bus: the worlds first electric bus to be powered by wave energy

Update: For more on wave power, have a look at our ocean power page.

What is the Islay Wave Bus?
The Islay Wave Bus is the first electric bus in the world to be powered by wave energy. It is also one of only seven electric buses currently operating in the UK. It was formerly used in demonstration projects in Oxford and on Jersey, and has now been refitted with the most up to date electric vehicle technology for community use on Islay. The bus has been upgraded by C&H Bradbury Ltd for Greenpeace, and will be managed and operated by the Islay Development Company (IDC), and used by local community groups.

Article tagged as: climate change, electric vehicles, islay wave bus, renewable energy, road transport, scotland, transport, wave power
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