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Aston Martin to make petrol cars ‘for as long as allowed’

Baua Electric

Read more Aston Martin has decided to continue manufacturing petrol cars as long as it can after the carmaker delayed the arrival of its first ever electric vehicle. The delay came after Britain last year pushed back its planned ban on the sale of high-polluting petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035.

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Swiggy partners Reliance BP Mobility for EV battery-swapping stations in India

Electric Vehicles India

Swiggy partners Reliance BP Mobility for EV battery-swapping stations in India. RBML CEO Harish C Mehta said this parntership has the capability to bring disruption and increase EV adoption in the delivery and transportation segment in India. Swiggy & Zomato to shift to 10% of delivery fleet to EVs in 2021.

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EV sales in India at 3.4m, Maharashtra tops in 2Ws, PVs and buses | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Cumulative 10-year retail data from the government’s Vahan portal reveals that India EV Inc has seen sales grow from a very low 2,390 units in CY20214 to 15,31,177 units in CY2023 (see data table below). India EV Inc’s strong growth trajectory has its footprint across multiple states and Union territories in terms of EV ownership.

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New Zealand unveils $8,600 subsidy for electric vehicles

Electric Vehicles India

The New Zealand government has introduced subsidies to make electric vehicles cheaper as the new petrol and diesel cars more expensive. This initiative comes as New Zealand’s Climate Commission recommendations laid out the sweeping changes that need to change the emission goals in the country.

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Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

Green Car Congress

Petrol taxes are effective and actually don’t affect poor people disproportionally. Powerful lobbyists have tried to undermine the whole idea of petrol taxes, claiming that the effects are too hard on the poor. Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In India too, demand for EVs is accelerating. Seventy-two percent – 29,59,218 units – of the 3.95 million EV s sold in India in the past 11 years have come in just two fiscals (FY2024 and FY2023), indicating just how massive demand has been in the past 24 months. The shift to eco-friendly electric mobility is underway globally.

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Ofgem to invest $425 mln in EV infrastructure

Electric Vehicles India

It will invest 300 million pounds in more than 200 low-carbon infrastructure projects to prepare India for more electrification. As part of its aim to reduce the carbon emissions in the country, it will ban the sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. As it will take a lot of time and efforts to switch to electric from petrol.

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