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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Boris has spoken and started the end of the petrol engine in the UK. Under Boris’s new Green plan, the sale of new combustion engine vehicles, that are powered wholly by Petrol or Diesel will be banned from 2030. Point 10: Green Finance and Innovation. Point 4: Accelerating the Shift to Zero Emission Vehicles.

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

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While the ChargePoint device is framed as being free, it does require the purchase of a new automobile through the automaker’s captive finance arm Hyundai Capital America. Hyundai is offering customers willing to buy an all-electric vehicle a Level 2 home charger for no extra cost. Our business needs three things from the U.K.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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It ispleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, muchless than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 Freight Bus was one of the losing entrants in London mayor Boris Johnson’scompetition to design a new bus for the capital. to charge overnight. Please read our Privacy Policy.To