Tag: electric
Is China leading the electric vehicle race? | BBC News
China’s aggressive push into overseas markets with its own electric vehicles has sparked a backlash in the US and Europe. Governments are looking to protect their domestic car makers. An anti-subsidy investigation is wrapping up in the coming weeks and a response from Brussels is expected. But with annual sales of electric vehicles already above 30% of all cars in China, the mood there remains…
Nearly stranded EV owner says all electric push was ‘foolish,' prefers hybrids
David Tracy, a former auto engineer and car enthusiast, said ‘the marketplace has spoken’ and ‘not everyone’s ready to go fully electric.’ #foxnews #fox Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network…
The electric roads that charge your car as you drive – BBC News
Charging up without plugging in. Could this be the future of electric vehicles? A trial of a new technology is underway on Evolution Road in Sweden. Here, electric vehicles are charged as they drive along through what’s known as conductive charging. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #ElectricVehicles #BBCNews
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker valued at more than Ford – BBC News
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast’s stock market valuation has soared above Ford and General Motors (GM) on its first day of trading. The shares sale on the Nasdaq valued VinFast at $85bn compared to Ford’s $48bn and GM’s $46bn. It comes as motor industry giants and newer manufacturers fight for a slice of the booming EV market. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #ElectricCars #VinFast #BBCNews
How sustainable are electric vehicles? | The Stream
Electric vehicles have been hailed as an essential technology on our path to a fossil fuel-free and sustainable future. The US, UK and Europe have all enacted measures in recent years to ban new non-electric cars from 2035 onwards. Companies themselves are also making moves to meet the increased demand for electric vehicles. General Motors has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040, while an…
Farewell radiators? Testing out electric infrared wallpaper – BBC News
If your home’s kept warm by a gas boiler and radiators, would you consider switching them for some high-tech infrared wallpaper? Radiators in a central heating system heat rooms by what is known as convection heating, warming up the air in rooms, which then circulates. This infrared technique warms up solid objects in the room directly, including us humans. It’s something that many housing associations…