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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

Green Car Congress

ACEA cautions that the targets must be realistic, taking into account what people can actually afford to buy. On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. —ACEA report.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Romania / 156 / 155 / 9. BMW / 12 / 154. Belgium / 148 / 153 / 5. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania.

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