Knowledge and Technology

Research will focus on industry-defined goals to improve performance of electric vehicles.

They say the oil and gas industry produces 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day but only 1% of this is analysed. which they believe is a missed opportunity.

Zero emission cars saw the biggest percentage growth last month – up 377.5% to 3.147 units.

Under the new law proposed by HM Revenue and Customs. the VAT for new solar and energy storage products will increase from 5% to 20% from October.

The E-Flex project aims to demonstrate the role V2G can play in reducing the demand that EVs put on the grid. while proving the economic benefits for commercial fleet owners.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says demonstration projects will encourage innovation as well as help universities in meeting their own decarbonisation targets.

The Fairphone 3 has been designed to be fully modular and repairable. meaning that if one component fails. the entire device does not need to be replaced.

New research suggests the number of people having issues totals around four million. with just over a year to go until the installation deadline.

A new report from the Energy Technologies Institute suggests it will be difficult for the HGV sector to make the leap from combustion engine vehicles to 100% electric propulsion.

Its preliminary calculations suggest emissions will average less than 80g km when compared to a similar sized fleet of mostly conventional petrol and diesel models.