Based on my conversation with Euan McTurk, here are the answers to some commonly asked electric vehicle (EV) battery questions. What is a battery? A battery is an energy source consisting of one or more electrochemical cells, where stored chemical energy can be converted into electrical energy when needed. It has a negative electrode, an …
Why choose an electric car? The evidence is clear on greenhouse gases from fossil fuels being the dominant contributor to climate change, and we have to reduce these emissions. The car sector has the second-biggest carbon footprint, after heating homes, in the UK (see this WWF report). If all cars in the UK became electric …
When I was growing up, the car was how I experienced getting from A to B much of the time. As a young child, I was driven to school by my mum; it was how I got to piano lessons, dance class and how we went on our annual summer holiday. As a teenager, I …
