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Netherlands set to impose pay per mile

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The polluter pays approach to motoring taxation could help provide an incentive to drivers to cover fewer miles while ensuring a fairer reflection on car use. Proposals set before the Netherland’s cabinet on Friday would see a charge of 3 cents for every kilometre travelled introduced.

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Tesla expands European Supercharger network (coming to the UK too!)

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Tesla’s new Supercharger network is to expand over the coming months, heading into new European destinations including locations within Germany, the Netherlands and even the UK. Electric cars Tesla Motors' Launching its network last month in Norway, the Silicon-valley firm now plans to open more charging stations across Eu[.].

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Elektromotive to make breakthrough in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia is probably the last place you’d expect to see a concerted shift towards emission free motoring - after all, the Kingdom is the world’s leading oil producer and exporter.

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Elektromotive heads to Belgium and Luxembourg

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In addition, Elektromotive and The PluginCompany will work together to educate businesses and legislators in Belgium and Luxembourg about the benefits of zero emission motoring as well as the need for compatible recharging infrastructures.

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Toyota to lease plug-in Prius

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The Toyota Motor Corporation will introduce 150 plug-in vehicles in the United States as well as more than 150 vehicles in Europe including 100 in France alone. The company is also considering introducing plug-in hybrid vehicles in the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. Action plans will be developed over the summer.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Netherlands / 158 / 165 / 15. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7. Hungary / 153 / 155 / 10. Slovenia / 156 / 156 / 11.

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Toyota to lease next generation hybrids across Europe

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Car maker, Toyota is set to lease over 150 units of its next generation Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as part of a three-year programme. Alongside France, Toyota is in discussion with three European countries, including the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

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