The five year suspension of company car tax for electric vehicles (EVs) announced this week is one of a number of incentives needed if electric cars are to realise their potential on British roads.
A family in Oxford have been left devastated after falling victim to bike theft.
Liam Bubb and his wife Zoe, who have two children, explained to the Oxford Times that the bicycles were their only means of transport
A string of bike thefts have been reported by students at the University of York.
In the last seven days, four bike theft claims have been brought forward, bringing the total number of bicycles stolen at the university to 35.
Company drivers who choose electric cars are to be exempt from benefit in kind (BiK) tax for five years from April 2012. Electric cars currently attract a tax rate of 9 per cent.
The world’s first solar-powered aircraft made its first hop into the air during testing last week, but a commercial application for the technology is too far off to help meet impending emissions targets; according to the government’s advisers on climate change, the introduction of more fuel-efficient aircraft will allow an additional 138 million passengers to use British airports in 2050 without threatening existing climate change targets.