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Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She specialises in writing about new technology and has been writing about electric vehicles for two years. She has a keen interest in the role that zero emissions transport has to play in sustainability and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum.

How the UK can phase in EVs and ban all petrol, diesel cars in less than 10 years

source london ev charging

UK needs millions of new electric vehicles and adequate charging sites to achieve its 2030 target of a full transition to zero-emissions cars. How will it get there?

e-voyager electric ferry

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UK’s first electric ferry, using old Nissan Leaf batteries, launched in Plymouth

UK’s first sea-going electric ferry, e-Voyager, is launched in Plymouth to begin series of trials using re-purposed Nissan Leaf electric car batteries.

The Honda e

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Honda to phase out diesel, petrol cars in UK in favour of EVs by 2022

Japanese auto maker Honda quietly moves to end sales of diesel vehicles in UK in favour of electric cars.

Zero Carbon World ev charging record

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Tesla Model 3 slashes charging time in 1,376km trip from Scotland to Cornwall

A 1,367km trip from north of Scotland to south-westerly tip of Cornwall completed in Model 3 with little over 1.5 hours of charging time.

polestar space UK

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Polestar confirms location for first electric car showroom in UK

Volvo-owned EV brand Polestar announces Westfield London, Europe’s largest shopping centre, as location for first UK “Space” showroom.

kona EV

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New UK report shows that EVs and renewables are the perfect pairing

Electric vehicles feature in the future projections in new UK report as much more than simple tools to get around in a zero carbon way.

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