Insurance companies in the UK are now seemingly reluctant to insure electric vehicles. Well, they will insure them, but they will charge drivers a premium to do so. We have no data to support a direct linkage between higher insurance rates on electric vehicles and lower adoption rates, but the logic is hard to deny.
Eric Usher, Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, answered to Climate Action questions on the future of financial markets in the light of sustainability.
Tesla Norway’s service center woes seem to be fading into the past.
Volvo Buses has announced a few new electric bus contracts, for a total of 23 electric buses. The electric bus in demand is the Volvo 7900. It will be going to the Dutch public transportation company Arriva and to Sweden for another order.
A slew of organizations are joining together to accelerate a ZEV future around the globe.
There seems to be some kind of attachment I feel towards Shenzhen as I have already used it as benchmark (high one!) for some Polish activities related to e-mobility. Yet again, let me use it to praise one of my favourite cities — that is Wrocław in Poland.
A local news report in the Polish city where I’ve been living for nearly 10 years highlights that our relatively fresh electric carsharing program — Vozilla — has passed 30,000 users. Before moving to Florida a month ago, I was seeing the cars — mostly Nissan LEAFs — everywhere I went.
Shuttle service Tesloop has hit an astonishing 400,000 miles in one of its Model S vehicles, making it the Tesla with the highest reported mileage in the known world.
Uber has added electric scooter sharing company Lime to its app-based portfolio as it seeks to become the “Amazon of transportation.” Lyft has countered by investing in bike sharing company Motivate. But the real issue is redesigning cities for the 21st century — before it ends.
Our Editor-In-Chief Anne-Sophie met with Antje von Broock, Deputy Director for Communication and Policy at BUND, and asked her about her work with BUND and had a candid discussion on her opinions of Germany’s political stance on environmental issues.
