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Cautious welcome for scrappage extension

Green Cars News

Since the announcement that the car scrappage scheme in the UK will be extended (see article ) a host of important industry names have been having their say on the plans, with a cautious but generally positive welcome for the proposals. we want to know what you think of the decision to extend the scrappage scheme.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

With recent policy changes ending ideas like social leasing and scrappage schemes, we need new ideas to enable all New Zealanders to access EVs. Drive Electric has a membership of over seventy leading organisations representing the convergence of the e-mobility ecosystem: finance, automotive, infrastructure, energy and government.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

A vehicle scrappage scheme. Drive Electric has a membership of over fifty leading organisations representing the convergence of the e-mobility ecosystem: finance, automotive, infrastructure, energy and government. A social leasing programme. And the investigation of extending the Clean Car Discount to other vehicle types.

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Will you save money if you buy a green car? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), small cars are expanding their popularity. Certainly the Government’s scrappage scheme has attracted new car buyers who only have the money to buy some of the cheaper new vehicles. Why buyers are going green.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

SAIC Motor, China’s top automaker, are producing EVs for as little as $4,500 USD. . The Hyundai Motor Group aims to produce 1 million EVs globally, by 2025. Scrappage schemes . The OECD has conducted analysis on the components of effective ‘scrappage schemes’. In the U.S. China is the world’s largest EV market.