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LEAF – Made in the UK

Revenge of the Electric Car

It won Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision Award recently, for satisfying all the needs of a modern driver, whilst at the same time producing zero localised emissions and requiring no petrol. Government ministers backed the move by Nissan. When the Leaf begins production in 2013, the company plans to roll out 50,000 vehicles a year.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

All of them runs on diesel engines making even more pollution than the ordinary petrol engines. The truth is that by doing small things we can actually do a lot more and it's all up to all of us how to make our carbon foot print smaller. __. External resources: BBC NEWS - [link]. Maxpro Pedicabs - [link]

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Harmful particles identified in study could be cut with LPG

Green Cars News

The news unveiled by the BBC this week that children are at greater risk from harmful small particles in traffic pollution will have alarmed many motorists. Autogas Development Executive at LPG supplier Calor, Chris Taylor, says replacing petrol and diesel vehicles with LPG-powered alternatives could help reduce the severity of the situation.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? February 17, 2009 9:43 am Link No matter how you slice it we need a carbon TAX to accelerate all these important projects.

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