Why are well-off EV owners, swanning around in their £65,000 Teslas, getting off-peak electricity at half the price paid by little old ladies shivering in poorly insulated social housing, asks Nick Rendell.
Exploding with the force of a bomb blasting 2,000°C super-heated jets of flame into surrounding areas, EV fires have risen 46% in just a year. No wonder the public are turning against them, says Chris Morrison.
Italy has called for a review of the European Union's "ideological" 2035 petrol car ban amid fears it risks triggering the industry's collapse.
Electric vehicles will make river pollution worse because of their weight, according to the Chairman of the Environment Agency.
The RAC's Head of Policy caused a stir this week when he proposed replacing fuel duty with pay-per-mile road charging. There are many problems with this, says Ben Pile, not least its distinct totalitarian whiff.
Car makers are rationing sales of petrol vehicles in Britain to avoid hefty Net Zero fines, according to one of the biggest dealership chains. "The new car market is no longer a market. It’s a state-imposed supply chain."
The Chief Executive and founder of European Tesla-rival Polestar has quit after seven years at the helm after sales plunged 40% in a year.
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.
