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Audi E-Tron 55 Quattro review

Drive Electric

The Audi e-Tron is a large premium electric SUV with space for five adults, a big boot, all-wheel drive and a 249-mile driving range. DriveElectric offers a range of options for those looking for an Audi e-Tron lease with alternative leasing choices for those interested in an Audi e-Tron business lease. Summary. ?

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South Africans Want Electric Vehicles — It’s Time For More Automakers To Step Up

CleanTechnica EVs

South Africa doesn’t have the perfect environment to incentivize global automakers to rush to introduce more electric vehicles. Petrol and diesel vehicles imported from the EU into South Africa have a customs duty of 18%, while for electric vehicles it is 25%. There are also the Ad Valorem Customs Excise Duties and VAT.

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BMW CEO warns against premature phaseout of combustion engines: “I don’t think that would help the climate or anyone else”

Teslarati

According to the executive, a premature end to the internal combustion engine would not be preferable, and it probably won’t be good for the environment either. . Other German automakers such as Porsche and Audi are also seeing some success in their respective electric vehicle programs. .

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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Volkswagen presents status of fleet study in electromobility; latest generation of twïnDRIVE plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. Volkswagen study Golf Variant twïnDRIVE. Click to enlarge. The plug-in hybrid, according to Prof.

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Fiat becomes lowest average CO2 carmaker

Green Cars News

g/km), Audi (162.6 One important contribution to this result is the enormous growth of environment-friendly natural gas as an alternative fuel for passenger cars. Improving the environment is not a goal for the future, but something we can do right away,” says Lorenzo Sistino, CEO of Fiat Automobiles. g/km), Peugeot (134.5

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

The UK will end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. Copenhagen) it’s possible for cycling/active transport modes to make up half or more of commuter trips in urban environments. Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. E-bike imports are already close to 50,000 per year, according to importers. 2) [link]. (3)

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