Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

4 avril 2025 à 10:00

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ lives

In a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a bold experiment, launched 50 years ago, to electrify the city’s public transport system. Down the side of one is written, “Keep me alive”.

Today, that plea is being heard. More than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles – largely cars and minibuses – imported into Nepal last year were electric, one of the highest rates in the world. The figure reflects a remarkable growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs), which saw the country import more than 13,000 between July 2023 and 2024, up from about 250 in 2020-21.

Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare | The secret Tesla driver

The Guardian

Par :The secret Tesla driver

3 avril 2025 à 15:00

I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I’d sell it now, but prices have dropped

After our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. We’d been driving a family estate car for years, loading it up with kids and making trips to and from universities, but we wanted something for ourselves.

As a surprise, she booked a test drive for the Tesla Model S for my birthday. It was unlike any car I’d been in before. I thought “Wow, this is amazing.” It felt like the future: a computer on wheels that was constantly updating with new features. I can’t say I feel that way now – and many people seem to share that view. Tesla sales figures declined by 13% in the first few months of this year. Others feel even more uneasy: more than 200 demonstrations happened last weekend outside company facilities around the world to protest against Elon Musk and the wrecking ball he has taken to the federal government.

Omoda’s flagship plug-in hybrid goes 93 miles on electric power

The Independent

Par :Steve Fowler

2 avril 2025 à 12:06

New Omoda 9 claims a combined range of 700 miles and costs from £44,990

We’ve driven the new Tesla Model Y – is this the return of the EV king?

The Independent

Par :Steve Fowler

1 avril 2025 à 17:34

The new Tesla Model Y rights the wrongs of its predecessor to send it to the top of the class – it’s now the EV SUV everyone must beat

Thousands of drivers hit with major car tax change from today – here’s who’s affected

The Independent

Par :Steve Fowler

1 avril 2025 à 12:35

Government’s expensive car supplement applies to EVs over £40,000. Vauxhall is first to drop prices

Halle Berry says Oscars not designed for black female actors ‘so we have to stop coveting them’

The Guardian

Par :Catherine Shoard

31 mars 2025 à 15:13

The only black female actor to have won the leading actress award was speaking on documentary Number One on the Call Sheet along with Taraji P Henson and Whoopi Goldberg

Halle Berry has said she now believes her historic Oscars win in 2002, for Monster’s Ball, was an anomaly, and that fellow black female actors should therefore stop “coveting” Academy Awards.

Berry, now 58, is the only black woman to have won the leading actress Oscar in the awards’ nearly 100 year history. Cynthia Erivo’s nomination for Wicked earlier this year marks the first time a woman of colour has been nominated for the leading actress Oscar more than once (she was previously nominated for Harriet). Only 15 black women have ever been in contention for the prize.

From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

The Guardian

Par :Presented by Michael Safi with Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo · produced by Eli Block and Tom Glasser · executive producer Courtney Yusuf

28 mars 2025 à 04:00

What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report

Earlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film chronicles the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta as it resists being driven off its land by settler violence and the demolitions of the Israeli military. The film’s two protagonists, Palestinian film-maker Basel Adra and Israeli film-maker Yuval Abraham, gave speeches when they accepted their award.

Yuval Abraham: “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life … There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people.”

Thinking of buying a car? Here’s what you need to know about tariffs and prices

National Post

Par :Aileen Donnelly

27 mars 2025 à 16:45

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will be bringing in a 25 per cent tariff on all auto imports at the start of next month. Since many of the parts used in American cars are manufactured in Canada, tariffs could push prices higher, making deals harder to find. The new tariff is set to take effect on April 2 and Trump's also expected to bring in other reciprocal tariffs that day, which he referred to as "liberation day." Canada is in the midst of a federal election, and it is unknown if the government will respond with retaliatory tariffs. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is meeting with his Canada-U.S. cabinet committee to discuss a response in Ottawa on Thursday. With more uncertainty ahead, is now the right time to buy a vehicle, or should consumers wait? Here’s everything you need to know. Read More

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