The tides they are a-changing
EVER since the Romans constructed sophisticated tide mills across the high maritime ranges of a conquered Britain, the modern world has been trying to...
VW Sticking to its Smoking Guns
Electric dreams are no threat to the diesel engine, according to the boss of Volkswagen. Has Matthias Mueller got a cunning long-term plan, or...
EV News Round-up Summer 2020
By RICHARD THOMAS
BUYING an electric car is getting easier (read, cheaper) in Europe.
France has announced a motor industry package that includes discounts of €7,000...
Rolling-out nuclear power: Iconic engine-maker heading group to create mini reactors
ROLLS-ROYCE is heading a consortium planning to build 16 small nuclear power stations in the UK — and create 6,000 regional jobs.
Up to 80...
Media and emissions link: new ground broken
SINCE 2019, communications company dentsu has been working with the University of Bristol, the BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV to calculate the greenhouse gas...
Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl
Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel...
EV News Round-up Autumn 2020
By RICHARD THOMAS
In terms of column inches, the biggest news to hit the EV world this quarter has been Tesla's annual shareholders’ meeting, Battery...
Mining giant guilty of bribery charges
A MINING subsidiary has pleaded guilty in a London court to seven counts of bribery in Africa.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office exposed "profit-driven” bribery and...
Microbes making cleaner jet fuel a reality as history meets science
Innovators in the fields of fuel, steel and aviation reveal how a low-carbon aviation fuel made with steel process gases could revolutionise air travel....
Clean? Check. Cool? Check. But e-vehicles have poke too
Hot new electric wheels offer more than just zero emissions – the latest offerings have some serious grunt, too
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE TIMES are changing,...
