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Government extends grants for buying electric vans and trucks through to 2025

Business Green

A government grant scheme offering businesses thousands of pounds off the price tag of electric vans and trucks has been extended by a further two years, in a move Ministers expect to support the purchase of tens of thousands of greener vehicles.

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Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns

Business Green

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing. As these figures show, 'no deal' tariffs will put the brakes on the UK's green recovery, hampering progress towards net zero and threatening the future of the UK industry.".

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Ofgem: Quarter of households plan to buy electric vehicle in next five years

Business Green

Over a third of respondents - 38 per cent - said they were unlikely to buy an EV in the next five years, with 59 per cent citing costly price tags, while 38 per cent raised concerns about short battery life and range anxiety, and 36 per cent worried about having nowhere to charge up their EV close to home.

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Boris Johnson will today deliver a major speech on the government's imminent economic stimulus package, promising to engineer a Roosevelt-style 'New Deal' that will see the UK "build build build" in pursuit of a rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unfortunately, the PM seems to have got off to false start.

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Labour draws green dividing lines with promise of net zero emission power by 2030

Business Green

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. A central mission of my government will be to turn the UK into a clean energy superpower.

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How much will net zero cost the UK? The OBR tries answering the trillion-pound question

Business Green

The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has offered some of the most detailed estimates to date on the costs and savings that would result from decarbonising the UK economy by 2050. Just how much it will cost the UK to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is the trillion-pound question at the epicentre of climate discourse at present.

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In the hot seat: Solar Energy UK's Chris Hewett on how solar can help deliver net zero buildings and businesses

Business Green

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. There is lots to celebrate for the UK's solar sector as the early 2020s proceed. But at the same time, the industry still faces major challenges.

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