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‘Hatchbacks are here to stay; no guarantee that SUVs will remain popular in the future’: RC Bhargava | Autocar Professional

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The Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Limited who is also a seasoned veteran in the auto industry spanning over four decades, firmly advocates that for India to progress into a developed nation, accessible mobility options are imperative. Tax based on carbon emissions could be one idea worth following up on. One has to pay money.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

Green Car Congress

In Europe, the car market is skewed in favor of diesels through regulation and tax policies. Europe buys 7 out of 10 diesel cars and vans sold globally while less than 1% of new vehicles sold in the US are diesel and in China, the world’s largest vehicle market, diesel represents less than 2%. —T&E study.

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Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

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Consumers right now, given the opportunity to manipulate the idea of a plug-in vehicle, are designing not only very different vehicles, they are designing vehicles that are much more possible than the experts are assuming.” —Ken A trajectory through time of PHEV designs allows good things to happen. Ken Kurani.

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

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The gap between the ability of a person to buy a small car and the price of the small car will keep narrowing,” Bhargava said. Instead, many first-time buyers are jumping the hatch segment and directly buying SUVs like Venue and Exter, which is reflected in the ever-increasing first-time buyer percentages in these models’ sales.”

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Nissan's new electronic vehicle, the Leaf. (AP

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Proposed scrappage scheme meets criticism

Green Cars News

It suggests that the House’s programme seems as though it is designed to undercut both its economic and environmental value. In Germany the credit has enticed customers to buy vehicles such as the Ford Ka, which achieves up to 56mpg, because it is part of a larger government plan that also includes tax based on carbon emissions.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

Green Cars News

The new administration’s stimulus package allots $2B for advanced batteries, $300M for federal and states fleets to buy new clean fuel vehicles and $7,500 tax rebate for PHEV, with yet more money in the Auto-Industry Re-tooling fund. No on has a lock on this future; everything is up for grabs.

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