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UK government extends Plug-In Car Grant to vans for up to $12,300

Green Car Congress

This is an extension of the Plug-In Car Grant which offers 25%—up to £5,000 (US$7,700)—to motorists buying a new plug-in car. Ministers have also re-confirmed there is funding secured for this grant until 2015. —Transport Minister Norman Baker. Applications can be received at any time.

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FIA grants homologation to nine manufacturers for 2018/19 Formula E season The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) released

Green Car Congress

FIA grants homologation to nine manufacturers for 2018/19 Formula E season. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) released the names of the nine manufacturers that have been granted homologation from the 2018/19 season of the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship.

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Electric car sales grew in 2012 as grant take-up near doubles

Green Cars News

Electric cars look set to show that sales surged through 2012, with 2,311 cars so far registered to the end of September through the Government’s Plug in Car Grant (PiCG). Although full year registrations of plug-in hybrids and electric cars through the grant scheme have yet to be released by the Office of Low Emission [.].

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Petition for Tesla vehicle fire investigation rejected by the NHTSA

Teslarati

It is unlikely that an order concerning the notification and remedy of a safety-related defect would be issued due to any investigation opened as a result of granting this petition,” the agency noted. The 2019 petition covered about 255,000 Tesla Model S and Model X that from the 2012 to 2019 model years.

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UK drivers turn to electric car grants

Green Cars News

Grants for electric and hybrid cars have taken off in the UK – with take-up leaping by 20 per cent during the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. According to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), 134 more claims were registered during the period. Greenwise Business reports that as [.].

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Infiniti will get brandnew world boss with Jose Roman

Baua Electric

in 2012 and has greater than 25 years of automobile enjoy in such markets as Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Japan, the corporate stated in a June 1 information drop saying his promotion. The post Infiniti will get brandnew world boss with Jose Roman appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Fisker's Federal Fiasco: Loans, 20-MPG Electric Cars, Shoddy Reporting

Green Car Reports

Today, if the news cycle cooperates, ABC News will air a segment on its Nightline program that looks at Fisker Automotive--makers of the 2012 Karma plug-in luxury sport sedan--and the low-interest loans it and Tesla Motors have been granted by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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