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Guest post: Honda Introduces the EV-Cub; two-wheel-drive electric motorcycle

Green Car Congress

Honda isn’t a car company… it never really has been. And that’s exactly what the company has been focusing on lately in the world of motorcycles. Honda has been making and selling a motorcycle called the Cub for decades. While technically a motorcycle, it kind of resembles a cross between a motorcycle and a scooter.

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Study Finds That Climate Change Mitigation in Land Transport Should Benefit Public Health Substantially

Green Car Congress

A new study by an international team of researchers using Comparative Risk Assessment methods to estimate the health effects of alternative urban land transport scenarios for two settings—London, UK, and Delhi, India—concluded that although uncertainties remain, climate change mitigation in transport should benefit public health substantially.

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From Recreation to Everyday Transport: The Growing Appeal of E-Bikes

Plug in America

Imagine a transportation option that has the fun and flexibility of a bike, is a fraction of the price of a car, can park almost anywhere for free, and produces almost zero climate-changing emissions. The US Department of Energy confirms that around 50% of all car trips in the US are less than three miles. Think again.

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3 Pieces of Good News for EVs in 2023

Clean Fleet Report

Electric Isn’t Just for Cars Anymore Once upon a time, you had two basic choices of EV—a car or a bike. For example, some schools have begun to convert to electric buses, which help combat climate change. Consumers will have more products to choose from, whether they want a classic car or something a little different.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Green Car Congress

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. Broader commitments to climate change are spurring some countries, like Norway and Holland, or companies, like Volvo, to set their own targets.

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Africa’s EV Road Back to Eden

CleanTechnica EVs

The African continent is bearing the brunt of climate change induced disasters. We see it on the news most nights. Here are some of the attempts to decarbonise the transport sector in these emerging economies as chronicled by Afrik21. Some further background can be found here.

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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

My Energi

Last week (19 April), the UK Government ruled-out recommendations from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee to equalise VAT on public charging. [1] Plug-in grants will continue until at least 2025, however, for motorcycles, vans, taxis, trucks and wheelchair accessible vehicles.