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Beijing limits on car registration boost electric vehicles
Subsidies and regulations make EVs an appealing option, but the charging infrastructure needs to keep up with demand
German vice chancellor attacks China’s electric car targets
New proposals to set minimum quota for electric cars in China are “clearly discriminatory” toward German carmakers, says Sigmar Gabriel
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Statoil chief: rise of electric cars will shrink oil industry
Once regarded as a joke, the electric car sector is growing fast with some predicting it could take a 35% share of car sales by 2035 – bad news for oil majors
Investors warn carmakers to clean up their act
Automobile companies need to get ready for a low carbon future, says $24trn investor network
Climate targets mean an end to oil-fuelled cars by 2035
The world needs to make a paradigm shift to electric vehicles, say experts, predicting that by 2050 half of all cars would need to be “zero-emissions”
Why the hyperloop is no green transport miracle
Electric cars, hydrogen vehicles, solar aircraft and hyperloops all have a part to play in greening transport, but the overall challenge is far more complex
Rich and poor divided over UN aviation emissions deal
As clock ticks down on ICAO aviation talks, proposal from Singapore to delay enforcement adds to air of uncertainty
Revving down: Why Europe’s biggest carmakers are in for a rough ride
Between Dutch plans to ban sales of petrol cars from 2025 and the rapid rise of car sharing, the automotive industry faces some big challenges
Europe’s capitals say diesel cars threaten health of residents
NEWS: Leaders in Paris, Athens, Madrid, Amsterdam, Vienna and Lisbon among those to protest at Brussels’ inability to deliver tougher air pollution laws
To Mars on a sunbeam: NASA bets on solar space travel
NEWS: US agency funds competition to design better solar cells seen as critical to exploration of deeper space
Electric cars ‘cheaper’ than petrol, diesel rivals in 6 years
NEWS: Improved technology and falling costs are moving electric car sales into the fast lane as manufacturers are now able to achieve significant economies of scale
Nanotechnology trial shows route to carbon negative cars
NEWS: Carbon dioxide can be used to make batteries for electric vehicles, US scientists have shown
Driverless car green gains curbed by increased traffic
NEWS: Autonomous vehicles can be more efficient but are likely to encourage more road use, researchers warn
A flying fairy tale: Why aviation carbon cuts won’t take off
COMMENT: New airline emission standards are ‘riddled with flaws’ and are so unambitious companies will not have to exert themselves to comply
Diesel ‘worse than petrol’ for the climate
NEWS: EU urged to axe support for diesel as campaigners call for an end to tax breaks and weaker pollution standards
Green investors turn glare on car giants
NEWS: Woolly responses to disclosure requests about emissions lobbying risks investments, shareholder watchdog says
Obama proposes $10 oil tax to fund clean transport
NEWS: Mooted levy to pay for high speed rail, self-driving cars and public transport heats up climate debate in presidential election year
Pollution levels in Delhi high despite odd-even traffic rule
COMMENT: Car use dropped and local politicians were praised for decisive action, but a partial driving ban did not lead to cleaner air as many had hoped
New UK climate strategy promised by end of 2016
NEWS: Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd says transport sector must accelerate transition to lower carbon forms of fuel