2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (906+ words) Giving households free electricity for short periods encouraged them to use more power when renewable generation was abundant, field experiments in Great Britain and Spain found. This could help grids use more wind and solar electricity that might otherwise go…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1012+ words) Replacing a functioning gasoline vehicle with an electric vehicle can reduce lifetime carbon emissions, even when the gasoline vehicle is relatively new, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The finding challenges the idea that keeping an existing car on the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (574+ words) The UK is taking the first step towards the deployment of automated vehicles across the country. Automated vehicles are cars, vans, buses, and trucks that can drive themselves—they are also called self-driving vehicles. If you have a self-driving car,…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (410+ words) SpaceX is moving closer to what could be one of the largest stock market debuts ever by valuation. The rocket and satellite company founded by Elon Musk has publicly filed its IPO prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (392+ words) April’s retail figures fell dramatically from 1.7% in March. This slowdown represents China’s slowest retail growth in four years. According to ING, this weakness has been driven by a wide range of categories, including automobile sales, household appliances, furniture, and jewelry…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (426+ words) The amount of pollution electric vehicles (EVs) create depends on how green or clean the local electricity supply is and how each individual drives. In other words, our driving habits matter, and not only the features of the EVs’ source…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (499+ words) Waymo, a self-driving technology company that belongs to Alphabet alongside Google, is expanding its robotaxi service to cover an area larger than 1,400 square miles (3,626 square kilometers). This area is greater than the whole of Rhode Island, Luxembourg, the Indian state…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (454+ words) Imagine buying an electric vehicle (EV) for an amazingly low price, only to find that the insurance is incredibly expensive, or the insurer refuses to give you a quote. This is what is happening in the UK today. In the…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (451+ words) The Iran War has pushed up oil and gas prices. On Friday, in the UK, however, gasoline (UK: petrol) prices reached £1.50 per liter ($2). Britons pay approximately twice as much as Americans do to fill their cars. The UK’s recent price…...