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Renault-Nissan jointly developing new vehicle program for growth markets; CMF-A for affordability

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The program, internally named CMF-A, covers the most affordable category of cars in the Common Module Family (CMF, earlier post ), Renault-Nissan’s modular system of vehicle architecture. The company will launch 10 new vehicles in India through 2016 including new premium SUV Terrano later this year and the first Datsun car.

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. These models will be even more affordable thanks to the recent recovery measures announced by the German and French governments, which include new EV purchase incentives.

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Fisker adds to line up with 3 new EVS

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in 2016 as a purpose-built company to create the necessary change to a more sustainable way of making and using vehicles. PEAR The smallest of the group is Fisker’s most affordable planned EV. The Fisker PEAR is an Agile City EV: the future of clean and affordable individual mobility for cities.

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Austin study teases out changes in behavior in wake of suspension of Uber and Lyft service

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In May 2016, Austin voters blocked a ballot measure that would have allowed the companies to keep using their own background-check systems. The researchers found a correlation between the level of inconvenience reported and the likelihood that a survey participant would buy a car. —a 68% drop.

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BP acquiring upstream portion of Clean Energy’s renewable gas business for $155M

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Clean Energy, in turn, will be able to expand its Redeem customer base at its North American network of natural gas fueling stations, allowing customers to take advantage of the ease and affordability of switching to a fuel that is both renewable and can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel.

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CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

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The proposed new Net Billing Tariff has four key components: Pays Net Billing customers for the electricity they export to the grid based on its value, determined by the avoided cost to the utility of buying clean energy elsewhere. The CPUC made initial revisions to the NEM program in 2016, resulting in what is called NEM 2.0.

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Fujitsu and GMS partner on trial of electric tricycles in the Philippines

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Following the trials, these functions will be added to the service that GMS is launching in the second quarter, and will be put into operation in the Philippines in fiscal 2016. However, because most tricycle operators in the Philippines have low incomes, they can neither afford to buy an electric tricycle outright nor pass a credit check.