Category: Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars

Cheaper loans on table to urge UK motorists to EVs, plus cuts in fines for firms

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says there is ‘no route to net zero’ that ignores concerns of businesses after wave of closures• Jonathan Reynolds: If we delay the UK’s drive for electric vehicles,...

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Big UK businesses tell Labour ‘don’t waver’ on EV targets as pressure grows

Carmakers want ministers to ease mandate to make more electric vehicles, which would mean energy firms losing outMajor UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car...

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Bring in pay-per-mile road pricing across UK, urges Tony Blair’s thinktank

Rachel Reeves urged to shelve fuel duty plans and overhaul taxes amid expected switch to electric vehiclesA pay-per-mile road pricing system must be brought in now, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank, which is urging the...

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UK electric car drivers should be charged per mile, say campaigners

Rachel Reeves should reform vehicle taxes to fill £5bn ‘black hole’, says Campaign for Better TransportCampaigners have called on the chancellor to introduce a controversial pay-per-mile road charging scheme on...

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Investment in clean energy likely to be double figure for fossil fuels in 2024, IEA says

Low-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goalsGlobal investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due...

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EU set to suspend Brexit tariffs on EVs for three years in major boost for car industry

Commission moves to delay 10% sales charge after intense lobbying by EU and UK carmakersThe European Commission looks set to propose a three-year delay to a 10% tariff on sales of electric vehicles between the EU and the UK, in...

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Jeremy Hunt cuts national insurance but UK tax burden set to hit high amid plummeting living standards – as it happened

Chancellor cuts national insurance but OBR says UK facing biggest fall in living standards since records beganAutumn statement – key points at a glanceJeremy Hunt’s autumn statement tax cuts fuel talk of spring...

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Autumn statement live: Jeremy Hunt cuts national insurance but UK tax burden set to hit high amid plummeting living standards

Chancellor cuts national insurance but OBR says UK facing biggest fall in living standards since records beganAutumn statement – key points at a glanceKeir Starmer has said that a pause in hostilities between Israel and...

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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds

Coal must be phased out seven times faster and deforestation reduced four times faster to avoid worst impacts of climate breakdown, says reportCoal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must...

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Delay EU tariffs to help sales of electric cars, says UK car industry

Brexit trade deal gave UK and EU carmakers until 1 January 2024 to source batteries from within Europe or face 10% tariffsThe UK car industry has said incoming tariffs between the UK and the EU could raise the price of imported...

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