News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Audi will hit the brakes on its rollout of electric car models as consumer demand plummets in the face of high prices compared to petrol models.
Rishi Sunak has suffered one of the biggest rebellions of his premiership as dozens of Tory MPs voted against his Net Zero plans, forcing him to rely on Labour votes to push through his electric car quotas.
Once you include the extraordinary cost of the half-ton battery, electric vehicles cost far more per mile to run than petrol vehicles, says Mark Ellse.
Was the Luton airport fire caused by an electric vehicle? A video of the fire appears to show a Range Rover Evoque ablaze on the passenger side at the front – where hybrid models locate the battery.
Car park spaces should become wider and burning electric cars dunked in baths of water, under proposed Government guidelines to prevent battery fires spreading out of control.
"The idea that Net Zero can be achieved by any means short of a command economy combined with a drastic decline in standards of living is a blatant falsehood," says Cambridge's Professor Michael Kelly. And for what?
Electric car sales have hit a bump in the road after demand from private motorists fell sharply by 14.3% last month, leading to calls for subsidies for electric vehicles.
If electric cars and heat pumps were improvements on current technology there'd be no need for coercion. It's time for the Government to admit they are simply not up to the job, says Guy de la Bédoyère.
Drivers report being shocked at the extraordinary cost of insuring electric vehicles – over £5,000 in many cases, if insurance is available at all, as insurers balk at the risks of EVs.
A family home was lit on fire after their "electric car" reportedly exploded while sitting in their driveway.
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