News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Porsche has scrapped its sales targets for EVs amid a slump in demand. A previous goal of 80% by 2030 has been watered down and the company now says sales will depend on uptake and how the technology develops.
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.
EV owners got a shock when Sadiq Khan announced the end of the EV Congestion Charge exemption. But Ben Pile saw it coming, noting pricey EVs are really a bridging technology between having a car and not having a car.
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.
Fire chiefs have issued a warning after an e-scooter was blamed for a devastating blaze that tore through a row of seven houses.
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.
Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has become a shill for the Green Blob. But his claim that 'misinformation' is suppressing sales of EVs, rather than poor word-of-mouth, doesn't hold water, says Ben Pile.
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.
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