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Ecotech

India’s first ever lithium discovery gets mixed reactions from locals

India has found what it was looking for in Jammu and Kashmir, but locals fear the consequences of ‘fiddling with nature’.

Earth News

Could a 'tyre tax' help cut car emissions in the UK?

Particles from tyres could be the next avenue for clean air campaigners to tackle pollution.

Mobility

Which countries in the EU are buying the most electric cars?

Combined, greener alternative propulsion vehicles (APVs) - including battery and hybrid cars - claimed more than 50 per cent of the EU car market in 2022.

Mobility

Will electric cars ever cost the same as a petrol or diesel car?

Electric cars may be cheaper to run - especially given current events - but they're more expensive to buy. Is this likely to change in the future?

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Mobility

This micro EV could solve parking problems in Europe’s crowded cities

The Israel-based start-up City Transformer says it plans to produce 15,000 vehicles by the end of 2024 at a new factory in Western Europe.

Europe News

European carmakers urge leaders to match ambitions with other regions

The US is subsidising electric vehicle producers through its Inflation Reduction Act.

Climate

Experts identify three ‘positive tipping points’ for climate action

A new report has identified three actions that could speed up decarbonisation.

Earth News

Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth elements discovered in Sweden

A Swedish mining company has discovered the largest deposit of rare earth elements, crucial to building electric vehicles. Swedish state-owned LKAB says the deposit can supply a "substantial part of Europe's needs", reducing its dependence on China.

Mobility

Flying cars and karaoke: The best concepts and auto tech at CES 2023

Would you invest in a solar-powered set of wheels? It's just one idea that revved up the crowds at this year's CES in Las Vegas.

Earth News

Why does EV driving range drop in cold weather?

South Korea's antitrust regulator is fining Tesla for exaggerating the driving ranges of its electric cars on a single charge.

Mobility

Meet the activist trying to get self-driving Teslas off the roads

Dan O’Dowd says Tesla’s full self-driving software is unsafe, and he’s filming it running over child-sized dummies to make his point.

Earth News

How automotive batteries are being turned into solar power storage

As concern over climate change and the need for clean energy sees an increasing number of people switch to electric cars, these vehicles are fast gaining a larger market share. But some experts are asking how green the batteries that run them really are?

Mobility

What lessons can Europe learn from Iceland’s electric car boom?

In only five years, Iceland has become one of the world’s leaders in the EV sector. Can the rest of Europe follow suit?

Europe News

EU's drive towards electric cars faces difficult road ahead

Cars using internal combustion engines will no longer be sold in Europe after 2035.

Earth News

The US is mining more lithium. What does that mean for the planet?

The US currently has only one operational lithium mine. That could soon change, with multiple new projects in development across the country.

Conscious Travel

Sustainable travel: Electric transport will power your 2023 adventures

Low emission electric vehicles, or EVs, are driving sustainable travel and combating spiralling fuel costs.

Design

Carless cities: From polluted metropolis of today to Wakanda tomorrow

Euronews Culture spoke to architects on the ways they want to redesign the city to remove cars and make everyone's lives better.

Europe News

Brussels aims to reduce air pollution through new vehicle standards

Particles coming from tyres will have new stricter rules to limit emissions. But Bas Eickhout, a Dutch Green MEP, said the proposals are weak and risk decades of harm to people's health and the environment.

Destinations

Overtourism: Iceland wants tourists who are ‘respectful of nature’

In a bid to meet its climate goals, Iceland is looking for greener, cleaner tourists.

Tech News

Elon Musk sells almost $4 billion worth of Tesla stock

Analysts expected the world's richest man to have to sell more Tesla shares to finance his Twitter buyout - even as he said he would not.