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Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

Drive Electric

There are plenty of reasons why electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of motoring both in the UK and around the world. So, what is it, where does it apply, and are electric cars exempt from congestion charge costs? The London Congestion Charge was first introduced in 2003. Do electric cars pay Congestion Charge?

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AC Propulsion powers Yokohama-sponsored EV to new Pikes Peak record

Green Car Congress

The AC Propulsion-equipped vehicle won the hill climb’s Exhibition Class and set a new EV record with a time of 12:20:084, besting last year’s record-breaking time of 13:17:575 by nearly one minute. It was also the race’s fastest EV among both cars and motorcycles. lithium-ion batteries.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Pohorsky also spoke of chapter members Tom McCalmont, founder and CEO of Paired Power , building solar canopy charging stations that can be assembled and installed in four hours, and Richard Hatfield, founder and CEO of Lightning Motorcycle. The Electric Vehicle Association now has a shared speaker contact list for it’s chapters.

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Understanding Electric Vans & the London Congestion Charge

Drive Electric

The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. The cost of the charge will surely only increase, making the savings you get with electric vehicles (EVs) even greater. Smaller vehicles such as cars, small vans and motorcycles must pay £12.50

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Volkswagen: German manufacturer Volkswagen has taken an alternative route to early success in the green car race by placing the emphasis on clean diesel models, which it has been marketing in Europe since 2003. It developed turbocharged direct injection technology for diesel engines and has a wide range of TDI powertrains.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." When applied externally, Electronic Sound Synthesis, provides engine sound for hybrid or electric vehicles.

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