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Rwanda Electric Motors Will Celebrate 50 Million Kilometers Driven By Its Electric Motorcycle Fleet

CleanTechnica EVs

Africa hosts an estimated 27 million motorbikes (motos), out of which 80% is estimated to be used for commercial taxi service. All these motos have the potential to soon be riding on electricity! The motorcycle sector has been getting attention when it comes to electrification due to the large addressable market.

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Used Nissan Leafs, Tesla 'Model M,' Toyota Prius Taxi Endurance: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Consumer Reports says the Nissan Leaf is a good used-car value, renderings of a fake Tesla "Model M" electric motorcycle appear, and a Toyota Prius taxi logs over 600,000 miles in Austria. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Musk vs Buffett, How VW scandal was uncovered, Isle of Man TT Zero: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett battle over carbon-free electricity in Nevada, engineers explain how they uncovered Volkswagen's diesel-emissions cheating, and we take a look at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Zero race for electric motorcycles. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NYSERDA awards $4.6M to 17 transportation projects; support for Syracuse U supercritical diesel injection project

Green Car Congress

million), Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap and trade auction proceeds ($850,000) and Systems Benefit Charge funds raised through electric bills ($650,000). Brooklyn) is building a light-duty electric motorcycle designed to be used in an urban environment, which would reduce pollution and gas consumption.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

The world is happy to see the year leave, all our lives. The Indian electric vehicle industry too suffered a setback during the first six months of the year. The year started with lot of optimism with the launch of the Tata Nexon EV from Tata Motors and Chetak electric scooter from Bajaj. By Kamlesh Mallick 2020. What a year!

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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

Cars That Think

Electric vehicles are gaining in popularity around the world, especially with the high cost of fuel. But some of the current EV models aren’t a good fit for owners who can’t wait around for hours for their batteries to charge, such as taxi drivers, delivery people, and ride-hailing services. ARC Ride offers four types of EVs.

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California Energy Commission approves more than $20M for clean transportation projects; Tesla, Quallion, other EV, battery and alt-fuel vehicles projects

Green Car Congress

will receive $10 million to purchase equipment for production of a new SUV/crossover vehicle, the all-electric Tesla Model X, at the company’s facility in Fremont (Alameda County). It will be the first sport-utility crossover vehicle in California’s electric vehicle market. The new award recipients are: Tesla Motors, Inc.