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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Your correspondent borrowed the new A2B electric bicycle from Ultra Motors, a British firm, and took it for a spin in London. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. The ease with which you can slip in and out of traffic, without breaking into a sweat, is intoxicating.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. The LIBOR is the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate and is an industry benchmark interest rate.

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