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Dealing with Petroleum Addiction, British Style

Plugs and Cars

The Times Online reports the British government's Department for Transport (DfT) has conducted a safety test on the all-electric Reva G-Whiz and found it wanting. The car, classified as a "quadricycle," weighing under 400kg without the battery, is fully legal under existing rules. They want to ban it, of course.

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Time to review congestion charges. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Currently, only alternative fuel vehicles are exempt from the London Congestion Charge. Volvo believes the principal of hybrid cars being exempt from the charge is outdated.

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