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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Transport and Infrastructure Committee. RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. Support for the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill .

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Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.7% last year

Green Car Congress

The decrease in average emissions in 2010 was lower than in 2009 (5.1%); the results in 2009 were possibly influenced by the economic crisis and the scrappage schemes in some member states. Had weight not increased, the CO 2 reduction would have been 5%, claimed Transport & Environment (T&E), a European sustainable transport NGO.

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

Introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme. Vehicle Scrappage Scheme. When large numbers of electric vehicles are on the road their overall contribution to reducing carbon emissions will depend to a large degree on the production of ‘clean’ electricity. Confirming and extending the overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty Rates.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Our submission and inputs relate specifically to accelerating the uptake of e-mobility, but we recognise that decarbonising transport is much wider than that. E-mobility is an important component to a zero emissions transport system, but is still just a component. . Scrappage schemes . Role of Mobility-as-a-Service .