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Dealing with Petroleum Addiction, British Style

Plugs and Cars

The Times Online reports the British government's Department for Transport (DfT) has conducted a safety test on the all-electric Reva G-Whiz and found it wanting. The car, classified as a "quadricycle," weighing under 400kg without the battery, is fully legal under existing rules. They want to ban it, of course.

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Time to review congestion charges. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

A scheme that involves the public dipping into their pockets every day is rarely greeted with enthusiasm, but the success of the London Congestion Charge has silenced most of its critics. Is the congestion charge unfair? Volvo believes the principal of hybrid cars being exempt from the charge is outdated. Green Car of the Year.

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