Colin Walker
@colinwalker79
Head of Transport at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @ECIU_UK
An awful lot of the debate around #ElectricVehicles does seem to boil down to people who’ve never owned an EV telling EV owners what it’s like to own an EV
Tesla profits slump on worsening EV sales ft.com/content/756a5b… via @ft
Motorists could ditch petrol and diesel cars as electric vehicles become cheaper option for millions gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars…
World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says António Guterres says ‘sun is rising on a clean energy age’ as 90% of renewable power projects cheaper than fossil fuels theguardian.com/environment/20…
There’s actually a small part of me that will miss the CPRE et al performatively pretending that a private golf course was public recreation land. But I’m sure they’ll find some other nonsense quickly enough.
Plans to expand Wimbledon can go ahead, judge rules bbc.in/4lEn5pu
The extent to which Renault has turned around its EV offer, and massively increased sales in 2025 compared to 2024, is one of the industry’s big success stories
The new Renault 5 has proven to be a roaring success in its first few months on sale, with 84% of its UK buyers new to the Renault brand buff.ly/JN8Fb4F
Range Rover... we have to delay our EV offerings as there is not enough EV demand... they told their 62,000 EV customers who have placed an order for a EV range Rover..
"Car maker Stellantis says US tariffs have cost it €300m" "Stellantis said the financial hit was a result of tariffs impacting trade and the company's loss of planned production in its response to the them" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
"Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers" "Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions" "9 in 10 manufacturers believe original rail line should still go ahead" theguardian.com/business/2025/…
"Fuel duty could be frozen again in cost-of-living boost" Every time the Treasury 'freezes' fuel duty it is actually cutting it, because it's not increasing fuel duty in line with inflation A true 'freeze' would be if fuel duty rose in line with inflation every year
Sam Warburton analyses Tom Curry's exceptional first Test performance 🙌🔎
EVs only account for 3.8% of vehicles on the road, but do 5.3% of the miles The @racfoundation, who did the research, said: "EVs are starting to take over where the diesel left off, providing a practical alternative in terms of range and cost per mile" thenational.scot/news/national/…
One-third of cars on the road in Norway are now electric— Norway is leading the way in the transition from petrol to electric cars. Almost every new car sold in Norway is electric. Hardly anyone buys a combustion engine car anymore. However, data on new car sales doesn’t tell…
Maybe, if your driving involves trips from London to Exeter & Pembrokeshire, you shouldn't have bought an EV with a small range (Nissan Leaf = 150 miles) and which gets one star for 'long distance suitability' from EV Database In short, you bought the wrong car
Some context: “Professor David Bailey of the Birmingham Business School said the [Trump] tariffs "play a big role" in the job cuts "It wasn't that long ago that JLR was reporting bumper profits - £2.5bn profit to the year ending in March” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Jaguar Land Rover has today announced the loss of 500 jobs.
JLR to cut up to 500 management jobs in the wake of Trump’s tariffs - my comments at @BBCNews. @UoB_Business @UKandEU bbc.com/news/articles/…