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2016 Scion iA Review, Honda Solar Charging, VW On Electric Cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iA subcompact sedan, Honda tests solar-powered electric-car charging in the Marshall Islands, and some digging reveals that Volkswagen thought electric cars were the future, back in 2007. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Electric car sales slump in UK

Green Cars News

Anyone who thought that electric cars were ready to take over on the UK’s roads needs to think again, with new sales figures revealing that their popularity has slumped. According to The Guardian, sales of new electric cars in the UK dropped by 90 per cent from their peak of 397 units in 2007, to [.].

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Report: BYD scuttles F3e battery electric vehicle

Green Car Congress

BYD has decided not to put the F3e EV into production due to the lack of an enabling environment for electric cars in China, according to a report in China Business News which cited Wang Jianjun, deputy general manager of BYD Automotive Sales Co Ltd. Gasgoo.com. Ia Hipping, general manager of BYD Automotive Sales Co Ltd.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

Last spring, an educator in the YES (Youth Exploring Science) Program called me up, wanting to know if they could borrow our chapter’s electric go-kart.” The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Rebirth of a bug In 2007, once the Garver children had left the house, Wayne took the Beetle out of the garage.

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Green Vehicles closes it doors as funding dries up

Green Cars News

Green car start-up, Green Vehicles has folded as the firm failed to secure further investment. The Salinas, California based firm started in 2007, had two electric vehicle prototypes which were supposed to be going into full production later this year. Despite $2.5

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Electric car trial participants express enthusiasm

Green Cars News

Some of the participants in the UK Government’s electric car trial have expressed their enthusiasm at earning funding to be part of the scheme. “Smart has been conducting real-life trials of 100 electric cars with partner companies across the country since 2007,&# he said.

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

Green Car Congress

The increase in CO 2 is certainly worrying and bad news for governments and most carmakers. The total value of CO2 emissions was on a steady decline from 2007, but started to slowdown in 2016 as the fall reduced from -4.1 Instead of moving forwards, the industry is regressing at a time when emissions targets are getting tougher.

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