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Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

Green Car Congress

Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles. CEV bandings (Singapore dollars). 101 to 120. 121 to 140. 141 to 160. 161 to 210.

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Toyota and Nishitetsu begin full-scale operation of multi-modal mobility service “my route” in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu City

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., In Kitakyushu City, a One-day Pass provided by Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu will also be offered for sale. s Motaku taxi booking service. Nishitetsu) have begin full-scale operation of the Toyota-developed multi-modal mobility service “my route” for smartphones.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

Cars That Think

Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. The Mamba has a roll cage, and the motors are cross-shafted. “So, So, if you lose one motor you don’t come spiraling out of the sky,” he says. safety standards.

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EV sales in India surge 41% to 1.66 million units in FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

FY2024 has ended on a very strong note for the Indian electric vehicle (EV) industry, setting a new benchmark for sales across vehicle segments as also delivering the best-ever 12-month sales for the electric two-wheeler, three-wheeler and passenger vehicle sub-segments.

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Korean Model 3 clone, or something else altogether?

Charged EVs

Quick, name all the battery-electric sedans for sale in the US—that aren’t Teslas. Now, there’s another: the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is on sale at your local Hyundai dealer, joining the Ioniq 5 crossover utility and the smaller Kona Electric hatchback. The Model 3’s two motors come in at 147 and 188 kW (197 and 252 hp).

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

Called up the Tata Motors team, who were super helpful. I did a video call with the regional head of service at Tata Motors, Jaipur. In case of any battery overheating or current surges, the switches disconnect the battery from the motor. Tata Motors had also sent a cab, in which Kamlesh and Abhishek returned.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5 More Will the Motor City shakeup work? tons of carbon dioxide.

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