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

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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

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India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. Sakura Battery Co is offering a line of EVs, including the Italian Maranello4 microcar. Limited ranged, lead-acid battery based cars, they have nonetheless proven the demand of even less than perfect electric vehicles.

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Mahindra Mahindra Takes Majority Stake in REVA Electric Car Co.

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Its REVA electric vehicle was first commercially available in Bangalore in 2001 and in London in 2004, under the G-Wiz brand. Tags: Electric (Battery). REVA was established in Bangalore in 1994 as a joint venture between the Maini Group of Bangalore, India and AEV LLC of California, US. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Dealing with Petroleum Addiction, British Style

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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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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

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Slow, clunky, even potentially “life-threatening” – these are just a handful of the insults that have been thrown the way of electric car maker REVA and particularly its G-Wiz model. Its interior is a significant improvement on the G-Wiz and the back seat comfortably fits two adults. Leaders of the pack. Bouncing back.

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Call to support current generation of electric vehicles

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The European Association for Battery Electric Vehicles -Going-Electric -has written an open letter to Transport Secretary, Geoff Hoon following the announcement of a £250m programme of support for electric vehicles. Second, electric quadricycles should be included in the scheme.

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

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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. In fact, ECC calculates that London-based owners could save up to £6,500 a year.

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