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Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022

Green Car Congress

This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 additional electric buses. Most of them will be purchased with the funds from the green bonds. A green bond is a type of a fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects.

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UMD collaborative study finds that fuel efficiency of one car in household may be cancelled out by next car purchase

Green Car Congress

In a recent collaborative study led by the University of Maryland (UMD), researchers found that consumers tend to buy something less fuel efficient than they normally would for their second car after buying an eco-friendly vehicle. Then, I tend to buy a bigger second car. —James Archsmith.

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Hylane GmbH buys 18 Hyzon fuel-cell-electric trucks

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Hylane GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEVK Versicherung, one of Germany’s largest motor insurers, has purchased 18 fuel-cell-electric trucks from Hyzon Motors, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2022.

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Why Labor’s new tax cut on electric vehicles won’t help you buy one anytime soon

The Driven EV News

Labor says its electric vehicle tax cuts ar e“good for motorists, good for climate action and good for fleet purchases”. The post Why Labor’s new tax cut on electric vehicles won’t help you buy one anytime soon appeared first on The Driven. They won’t, however, help most Australians afford one.

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Gen X, Millennials buy the most EVs, as Boomers dominate policy

Baua Electric

Gen X and Millennials tend to buy more EVs than Baby Boomers, but the older generation is still in control of EV policy, a pair of recent studies show. of new vehicles purchased by Gen X in 2023 were electric. Gen X purchased the most new vehicles of any generation over the year, as well as the most EVs in total.

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Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

Green Car Congress

This electric bus has become the 400 th vehicle purchased with the funds from the green bonds. The electric buses are equipped with gadget chargers on the handrails, climate control systems and media screens. In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator.

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UC Davis buys 6 NFI electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses using California state contract

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Unitrans, the University of California, Davis transit system, has purchased six Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America Inc. UC Davis utilized the California Department of General Services (DGS) contract for the procurement.

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