The government has been accused of protecting energy companies and their profits at the cost of Irish families and businesses.

From Sweden comes a new startup called Luvly that describes itself as the Ikea of tiny electric cars. The microcar company is indeed already working on its first model and says it will be delivered in flat-packs, however, not for customer assembly.

The plan includes making one of Jaguar Land Rover’s UK plants fully electric and launching a new Jaguar EV later this year.

Ford is launching its all-electric pickup F-150 Lightning in Europe. A limited number of launch edition units are available for pre-order in Norway.

Swedish furniture retailer, IKEA announced today a £4.5 million (£1 = $1.2431) investment in a nationwide electric charging infrastructure, which will provide charging points for electric delivery vehicles across the country to enable more emissions-free deliveries.