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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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The accumulation of these EV tax breaks, plus the hefty 25% tax on fossil-fuel cars, means that EV models in Norway are often more affordable than fossil-fuel cars, even without the EV subsidies that are available in other countries. By 2023, all taxis are set to be emission-free and the wireless system will help support this goal.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

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Which was the last petrol / fossil fuel car you owned? The last petrol car I owned was the Mazda 3. There are so many great models, shapes, styles of EV available now with budget, mid and high-end options. When you purchased a petrol car, did you ask yourself “what if I run out of petrol?”

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The project, which will put 340 vehicles on the road in trials within the next six to eighteen months, will be the biggest of its kind and is intended to accelerate the availability of low carbon cars to consumers. AEA, one of the world’s leading energy, climate change and data management consultancies, will lead the consortium.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. New Zealand receives less than 0.17