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Glut of complaints over Trade Centre UK 'faulty' cars
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (883+ words) Michelle Chancellor said her new car broke down two weeks after she bought it from Trade Centre UK in Wednesbury Dozens of motorists have accused The Trade Centre UK of selling them faulty cars. The company claims to be the…...
East Yorkshire electric buses being charged by diesel generators
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (480+ words) The electric buses went on display in March A fleet of new electric buses in East Yorkshire is being charged with generators that run on diesel due to delays in installing the necessary infrastructure, a firm has said. East Yorkshire…...
Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1137+ words) Dr Hugh O'Connor developed the 3D-printed cell when he discovered a commercial flow battery for his research would cost up to £3,000 A 3D-printed battery developed at Queen's University Belfast could "make a genuine impact" on the road to net zero,…...
Volkswagen planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs globally
2+ week, 1+ day ago (661+ words) The chief executive of the German car giant Volkswagen Group has confirmed it is looking to cut up to 100,000 jobs – twice as many as previously stated. The group, which includes Porsche, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as the VW…...
Solar panel firm calls for future green policy certainty
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1020+ words) Power Roll in County Durham is using pioneering technology to make solar panels A solar panel company which is planning to create hundreds of jobs is calling for certainty from politicians to aid its expansion. Power Roll currently employs around…...
Could vehicle tested in Warwickshire be the electric car of the future?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (915+ words) The Shell Triple 10 Challenge Concept Car was unveiled at Nuneaton's HORIBA MIRA testing facility I am driving around in a one-of-a-kind electric car that can charge its battery from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes. It is packed with cutting edge technology, but…...
West Midlands £50m electric vehicle jobs fund opens to applications
2+ week, 5+ day ago (599+ words) Mayor Richard Parker formally opened the programme to applications in a speech at the University of Warwick on Thursday A £50m investment to help automotive companies transform and create more skilled jobs in the electric vehicle sector has been launched by…...
Why electric cars cost more to insure – and what's being done about it
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1351+ words) It's hot and bright beneath the high intensity lights in a cavernous crash and safety testing laboratory, hidden away in a business park outside Newbury. A siren blares and a disembodied voice counts down: "Three, two, one". A small white…...
Huge solar farm approved on Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire border
2+ week, 6+ day ago (653+ words) Plans for one of the largest solar farms in the UK, which will straddle the border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, have been approved. The One Earth solar farm is set to cover 1,600 hectares (3,954 acres) either side of the River Trent…...
Can China repeat its EV success with robotaxis?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1344+ words) Chinese companies are testing out robotaxis in several Chinese cities In Beijing's Yizhuang district, driverless vehicles have become a common sight. Robotaxis weave through traffic alongside ordinary cars, while autonomous delivery vans glide along the inside lane as they carry…...