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UK Government Announces £5,000 Grants Towards Purchase of Electric Drive Vehicles and First Plugged-in Places

Green Car Congress

The Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to consumers at the point of purchase and will be managed in a similar way to the grant made as part of the Government’s scrappage scheme. Qualifying criteria for the Plug-in Car Grant. Must be Battery electric, plug-in hybrid or a hydrogen fuel cell car.

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Canada’s only privately-funded electric vehicle incentive is helping car buyers make the switch

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Through this program, Ontario drivers qualify for $1,000 toward the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. An extension to the program, called the Scrappage Incentive, was added in February 2020, granting drivers an additional $1,000 if they also scrap their old gas car. Brigham Foundation.

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Motorists to get £5,000 electric car subsidies

Green Cars News

Motorists will be offered grants up to £5,000 towards the cost of a new ‘ultra-low carbon car’, the Government has confirmed. Set to be introduced in January 2011, the new grants will eligible against the purchase of a new range of plug-in hybrid and electric cars.

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Will the scrappage extension do any good? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. This is little more than a panicked way of propping up the industry as, given time; those cashing in the grants would most likely have bought the new car anyway. “Car

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

Introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme. Introducing a vehicle scrappage scheme. LPG) will be abolished as will those for hybrids emitting 121g CO2 per kilometre or more. Confirming and extending the overhaul of Vehicle Excise Duty Rates. Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars.

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Manitoba Vehicle Standards Advisory Board Recommends Adopting California GHG Vehicle Standards and Supporting Complementary Programs

Green Car Congress

The Manitoba, Canada Vehicle Standards Advisory Board has recommended that the province adopt the California Pavley standards for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, albeit as a deferred recommendation bounded by several contingencies and factoring in the small size of the Manitoba market (2.8%

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