The dark side of an electric ride

The cars, bikes, scooters and battery-powered transport that is reinventing the need for speed

THE MINERALS FOUND IN AN ELECTRIC-CAR BATTERY often travel thousands of miles around the world before the vehicles they will be in hit the road. Lithium mined in Chile or Argentina is shipped to China

The UK government has reintroduced grants for new electric cars, offering discounts of up to £3750 – but there remains uncertainty over how the scheme will work, and most Chinese-built EVs could be ex

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe

Anew study has revealed the astronomical scale of the US military’s carbon footprint – and how relatively modest budget cuts could significantly reduce it. Published in the journal PLOS Climate, the r

ANOTHER torrential summer rainstorm sweeps across the motorway, making the BYD Dolphin Surf’s wipers swipe from side to side like a feverish Tinder user. The back one would be doing the same but, anno