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Electric motorcycles are gaining momentum

Plug in America

This year, electric motorcycle momentum has been hot! Electric motorcycle companies have been reporting an increase in sales. For example, Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica shared that in the first two months of 2020, they sold more electric motorcycles than in the year prior. . LiveWire 2018.

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OZEV Plug-in Car Grant reduced December 2021

Drive Electric

On December 15th 2021 the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles reduced the Plug-in Car Grant to £1,500 (from £2,500) and only electric cars under £32,000 are now eligible (reduced from £35,000), with immediate effect. The Plug-in Van Grant has also been reduced. Motorcycle and moped grants are also changing.

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2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, Byton M-Byte, Lightning Strike: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

The Ford Escape Hybrid will make a comeback for 2020—with a plug-in hybrid, too. The Lightning Strike electric motorcycle is out. Chinese Tesla rival Byton reveals the M-byte testing in winter. And our latest Twitter poll asks what kind of electric-car racing matters most. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Hybrid Corvette, Mitsubishi Plug-In Plans, Honda Fuel Cell Concept: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: The Quanta Corvette QHP770 is a real Corvette hybrid with 773 horsepower, Mitsubishi plans to make one fifth of the cars it sells plug-ins by 2020, and Honda will unveil a hydrogen fuel-cell concept car at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2014 Zero SR electric motorcycle adds.'

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BMW has sold more than 100,000 EVs and PHEVs worldwide over three years

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group has now delivered more than 100,000 purely electric-powered cars and plug-in hybrids to customers worldwide since the launch of BMW i in November 2013. Additionally, there are the approximately 30,000 plug-in hybrids (BMW iPerformance) sold to date. More than 80% of BMW i3 customers worldwide are new to BMW. Earlier post.)

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

Green Car Congress

At a press event in Tokyo to lay out his future vision and direction for the company, Honda Motor President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that the company will strive to make two-thirds of its overall unit sales from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero-emissions vehicles such as fuel cell vehicles and battery EVs by around 2030.

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Massachusetts announces additional $2M for electric vehicle rebate program

Green Car Congress

Eligible vehicles include battery electric vehicles (BEV) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), and zero-emission motorcycles (ZEM). To date, the program has provided rebates for more than 700 zero and low-emission vehicles. Any Massachusetts resident is eligible for the rebate.