Grants for electric vehicles are to be cut by €1,500 to €3,500 for private buyers from July 1st, when the new 232 registration period begins.

Electric vehicle drivers in Northern Ireland will have to pay to charge their cars on the street from the end of April.

Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable.

Ford Motor on Tuesday unveiled its first all-new electric vehicle exclusively for the European market and said it plans to leverage the well-known Explorer nameplate to gain traction.

The stock was heavily shorted, analysts were almost certain it would fail and even CEO Elon Musk wasn’t certain of the company’s future. The company was bleeding money and running on pipe dreams of mostly unfulfilled promises Musk made from his Twitter account.