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Automotive emissions

August 2024

  • Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan al-Saud speaks into microphones while seated at a desk, with adverts behind including Aramco

    Big polluters targeting esports industry with advertising deals, report reveals

    Oil firms, petrostates, airlines and carmakers ‘doubling down’ on sector that is popular with young people
  • A petrol nozzle leaning against a car

    Toyota hybrid among cars found to guzzle more petrol than advertised, study finds

    Corolla Cross hybrid 2024 used 4.5 litres of fuel per 100km, 7% more than Toyota advertised, while Audi and Subaru models used less
  • Tail lights of a car with a 'hybrid' logo.

    Australians shunning petrol-powered cars for hybrid vehicles as bowser prices rise

    Trend also reflects concerns over range and a lack of charging infrastructure affecting purely electric vehicles, experts say

July 2024

  • Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, marshals a plane during a visit to Stansted airport in May.

    Buses, trains and bicycle paths: Labour’s mission to decarbonise UK transport

    Environment experts call for bold action as party attempts to revamp creaking infrastructure to hit net zero

June 2024

  • Commercial white van speeding

    Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel

  • A picture of a blue electric vehicle being charged

    US real-world mileage standard for new vehicles raised to 38mpg in 2031

  • NY Governor Hochul halts congestion pricing<br>epa11392381 Cars and a pedestrian navigates traffic on 2nd Avenue in New York, New York, USA, 05 June 2024. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she is indefinitely pausing New York City's latest congestion pricing plan that was set to begin 30 June, citing economic recovery concerns. EPA/SARAH YENESEL

    ‘Slap in the face’: outrage after New York governor halts congestion pricing

  • Traffic enters lower Manhattan after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

    New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan

May 2024

  • a silver-blue Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a large SUV, is seen side-on parked on a tiled driveway in front of a house with a mock-Tudor black and white frontage, white front door and windowframes, and white picket fence. A yellow cable is seen emerging from the charging port which is behind a flap in the car's rear wing, and this trails behind the car to the power source.

    Plug-in hybrid cars ‘costing £500 a year more to refuel than lab tests suggest’

  • Cars on the road during morning peak hour

    Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test

  • a Ford Ranger on display

    Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards

  • Paul Karp

    The Agenda
    Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?

    Paul Karp

April 2024

  • visitors pore over an orange MG 4 EV electric sports car on display at the Beijing Auto Show.

    Tesla among electric carmakers forced to cut prices as market stalls

    EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary
  • An electric charging station

    Australians choose hybrids over EVs as sales of conventional cars decline

    Hybrids outsold pure electrics in the past three quarters, according to new figures, while petrol and diesel sales fell 8%
  • Adam Morton

    Clear Air
    A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it

    Adam Morton
    While Toyota falls in line on vehicle emission standards, questions are raised about ‘solar sunshot’ and carbon offsets

March 2024

  • The minister for Infrastructure Catherine King announces the vehicle efficiency standards today.

    Albanese government manages to unite automotive industry on fuel standards – almost

    Although forced to water down its original settings, the revised model will help Australia reach its decarbonisation targets
  • Cars and buses sit in traffic on Military Road during the morning commute in Sydney

    Labor unveils watered-down fuel efficiency standard that eases emission rules for large SUVs

    Compromise bill to be introduced to parliament this week will incentivise carmakers to import cleaner vehicles

    • Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’

    • Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions

    • Full Story
      The fight to make EVs more affordable – Full Story podcast

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