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UK Government Announces £5,000 Grants Towards Purchase of Electric Drive Vehicles and First Plugged-in Places

Green Car Congress

Must be Battery electric, plug-in hybrid or a hydrogen fuel cell car. 0 g/km for EV. Max 75 g/km for PHEV. Warranty, battery: 3 years for the battery with a requirement to offer 5 if requested by consumer. Warranty, battery: 3 years for the battery with a requirement to offer 5 if requested by consumer.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

Plugs and Cars

India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. The French Mega City appeared next from NICE (No Internal Combustion Engine). Sakura Battery Co is offering a line of EVs, including the Italian Maranello4 microcar. It is projected to cost between £15,000 and £20,000, a pricey $30-40,000 at today's weak dollar.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. The top speed of the Revai, sold as the G-Wiz in the U.K., It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline. Tesla Motors.

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

Green Cars News

There’s a lot of scepticism about electric cars, not helped by the fact that the most commonplace model in the UK is the GoinGreen G-Wiz – which is less an electric car, more of a quadricylcing accident waiting to happen. Citroen C1 lease prices Citroen C1 new and nearly new prices.

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GM teams with Reva to develop electric car

Green Cars News

The car maker will develop the car in conjunction with Reva, the manufacturer of electric vehicles, best known for its G-Wiz models in the UK. US car giant GM is to develop and market a small, cheap electric car for the Indian market.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Its first model, the Tesla Roadster, was the first production car to use lithium-ion batteries and was the first electric vehicle with a range greater than 200miles. REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK. Here are some other important names that may yet have an impact in the green car race…. Faye Sunderland.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.