News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Donald Trump has vowed to axe Government support for electric cars and other green schemes from "day one" if he regains control of the White House.
Owners of electric cars are ditching battery power and returning to petrol as industry data show that a majority of those who sell an EV don't buy a new one.
Sales of electric vehicles plunged 12.5% across Europe last month, fuelled by a sharp drop-off of 30% in Germany and 12.5% in the Netherlands.
The state-subsidised electric car market has crashed in China and the country is trying to dump the vehicles on the West, but the same is happening here as well. For manufacturers it's going to be a blood bath.
Electric cars kill pedestrians at double the rate of petrol or diesel vehicles because they are quieter, a study in a BMJ journal has found.
The BBC is confronting the fact that the EV market is collapsing. Naturally, this is starting to cause a panic because all those pesky climate targets enshrined in law aren’t going to be met.
Tesla's gigafactory in Germany is shut down as hundreds of anti-capitalism protesters violently clash with police and attempt to storm the gates of the facility.
Demand for electric cars has dried up and it’s time for a rethink, says billionaire founder of chemicals giant INEOS, Sir Jim Ratcliffe. "The notion of a quick transition away from petrol was always barmy."
Electric car sales plummeted by 11.3% across Europe last month, rising to 29% in Germany, as demand dried up despite the EU's push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by the middle of the next decade.
Sales of Volkswagen electric cars have plunged by almost a quarter in Europe as demand for battery-powered vehicles stalls and buyers return to petrol.
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