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Cheaper EVs Are Helping Fuel Europe’s Electric Car Boom

More affordable EVs are attracting buyers as electric car sales surge in the EU. Price isn’t the only driver of the shift, though.

InsideEVs · Oct 5

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners

Oxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and raise urgently needed climate finance

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

Monday briefing: What can be done to offset the environmental cost of cruise ships?

In today’s newsletter: As cruise ships get bigger and more popular, a shipping expert on how to reduce their impact and abolish the greenwashing associated with them

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024

EU Election Could Force Sharp Turn In Electric Car Policy

A change at the top of European institutions could herald a change in the 2035 target to phase out sales of internal combustion engine cars even though the automotive industry is already well down the road towards transitioning to electric vehicles.

International Business Times · May 6, 2024

UK a 'tax haven' for sales of polluting SUVs, says green think tank

Concern that buyers of sports utility vehicles are not being put off by tax

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024

Do electric cars have an air pollution problem?

In part seven of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we look at claims friction on brakes and tyres will affect air quality

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024

Cruise ships in Europe pumped out more harmful gases than 1 billion cars last year, report shows

Warning that cities are ‘choking on toxic air pollution’ despite industry moves towards lower-emission cruising

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

The real climate cost of private jets

The UK could meet its net-zero goals if it halved the number of private-jet flights, which are significantly more polluting per passenger than commercial flights, according to a government-commissioned study.

The Week · May 24, 2023