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Cheaper EVs are starting to show up in smaller global markets – Charged EVs

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Chinese automakers, which now have a range of lower-priced EVs to sell, are heavily targeting these markets. The company has launched the Dolphin Mini in Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico. Dacia , the Romanian automaker owned by Renault, plans to release an updated Dacia Spring later this year, with a starting price of €22,700.

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Nations agree on global, legally binding treaty on mercury emissions: Minamata Convention on Mercury

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At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. The negotiations were initially looking to set thresholds on the size of plants or level of emissions to be controlled.

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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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The Latin American market will be driven largely by uptake in Brazil, but other countries will also spur adoption, notably Uruguay which recently indicated it. Emission Bus regulation is spurring development and Europe, where the European Union is. grants to offset the price premium. would purchase 500 battery electric buses.

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