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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Hybrid cars see higher tax incidence in India compared to their pure petrol counterparts, despite emitting lower pollutants into the environment.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

T hese EV cynics and naysayers don’t believe in the EV revolution or have an incentive to keep using pollution vehicles. By 2030, most people will choose to buy EV's as it won’t make financial sense to buy a pollution car. In India, go to any pollution vehicle media website or youtube channels. The choice is easy.

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

Creative Greenius

As I get ready this morning to head over to the Lutheran Church in Gardena to participate in this national day of service by helping to prepare meals for my less fortunate neighbors, I want to thank the auto industry for giving me a great laugh at their expense. Way to kill the audience, Greg. Guess what?

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Cars (vehicles/1000 people). Public transit (trips/year).

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. They are Hyundai, Honda and you guessed it - Toyota. The climate clock is ticking and we have to start hitting polluters where it counts–in the money. ICE vehicles will attract carbon taxes in many countries due to the air pollution they cause.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

And EV straggler Honda shed a bit more light on its upcoming EVs built on GM’s Ultium battery and powertrain platform. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. Honda will offer more details later this year, he said.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Chengdu Auto to be Chinas No.1. Gasgoo.com | ?? | Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. Bridgestone to lift China tire.

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