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The EU’s 2035 petrol ban receives pushback from five countries

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Several European countries, including Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania are pushing to delay the EU’s potential ban on combustion engine powertrains in 2035. This news comes shortly after a public statement from the German Finance minister saying that Germany will oppose the 2035 combustion engine ban.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

Plug In India

Marriyam, from Goa, Portugal was the Christian one and Rukaiya Begum, the Muslim one was from Turkey. Then there was the Finance Minister, Toda mal, the brains behind the Jaziya tax. My favourite ploy is to stop at a petrol pump and ask for dhaba gyan. He was only 5 ft 2 inch, and I wonder if his queens were taller than him.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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 The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them.