After criticism because of the actual involvement of fossil fuels in the manufacturing and charging processes, a study shows that electric cars are still much cleaner than combustion engines - with potential to become even greener.
The world's second-largest country by population is increasingly investing in electric mobility and showing how it can also work "on a budget". Indian electric vehicles are easy on the wallet of many customers as well as on the environment.
Electric buses developed in Africa for Africa. In this way, the company "ROAM" wants to bring environmentally and socially compatible mobility solutions to the continent's roads and ensure a social-ecological turnaround.
High temperatures promote the formation of pollutants. The World Meteorological Organisation warns that further deterioration of air quality is to be expected. Expanding low-emission zones can further reduce air pollution.
Just days after the announcement of a future ban on the sale of diesel and petrol cars, power outages cast doubt on California's preparedness. Will the state be able to power the growing stock of e-cars?
In Chengdu, the capital and largest industrial centre of the Chinese province of Szechuan, electricity is running out. In the meantime, not only production but also the operation of e-cars is affected.
More and more car manufacturers are focusing on alternative drive solutions for the future. Now Suzuki in India also wants to switch to electric and hybrids. But this will not be an easy undertaking.
The two superpowers are driving innovative efforts and achieving futuristic results. The normalisation of autonomous vehicles in Chinese and US cities might not be that far away.
The market phase-out of fossil fuel-powered landscaping equipment is getting closer in California. It's not just internal combustion vehicles that are facing the end. Does the cross-sector decarbonisation strategy have the potential to catch on in other countries? Will environmental zones be extended to gardening equipment?
The United States has decided on a new subsidy for electric vehicles. However, only 30 % of all electric vehicles currently meet the requirements to benefit from the subsidy.
