article thumbnail

If You Can’t Beat Them, Buy Them — Mike Cannon-Brookes Tries To Buy & Shut Down Worst Coal Plant In Australia

CleanTechnica EVs

In an astounding turn of events, Atlassian Founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has teamed up with Canadian asset manager Brookfield to put in a bid for Australia’s most polluting power company. It was a case of “if you can’t beat them, buy them.” ” Green capital is trying to push out the old legacy coal barons.

Coal 98
article thumbnail

India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

Green Car Congress

NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s official think tank, with support from RMI and RMI India, has launched a campaign to transform last-mile deliveries and eliminate pollution through consumer engagement. Shoonya is already engaging global e-commerce companies and has the potential to inspire similar campaigns well beyond India.

Miles 344
article thumbnail

Public Sector Oil Companies to set up 900 charging stations in TN.

Electric Vehicles India

In a bid to go Green, the Public sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) of Tamil Nadu are going to set up 900 charging stations all over the state with the support of Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, and Bharat Petroleum Corporation. The Public Sector Oil Companies.

Oil 103
article thumbnail

UK launching £400M vehicle charging infrastructure fund; putting extra £100M to support for buying EVs

Green Car Congress

Among the elements in the budget are the launch of a new £400-million (US$530-million) Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund and the provision of an extra £100 million (US$133 million) towards helping people buy battery-electric cars. The money will come from a temporary rise in Company Car Tax and Vehicle Excise Duty on new diesel cars.

Buy 186
article thumbnail

Hamburger Hochbahn to buy up to 530 electric buses from Daimler, MAN and Solaris

Green Car Congress

The company has ordered a further 25 eCitaro buses for the current year. For these investments in the sustainable reduction of pollutant emissions, Hochbahn is aiming for a proportionate federal subsidy. MAN can offer the Lion’s City E, which is also available in an articulated version. An important criterion for the vehicles is range.

Buy 218
article thumbnail

Things to Keep in mind while buying an Electric Car insurance.

Electric Vehicles India

We all can see how electric vehicles were increasing day by day and many of them showed interest in buying the Ev’s because of their low maintenance, noise-free and pollution-free. Ankit Agrawal, Co-founder, and CEO, InsuranceDekho has mentioned Things to keep in mind while buying an Ev insurance.

Buy 52
article thumbnail

Volkswagen is buying credits from Tesla to meet China’s environmental standards: report

Teslarati

The sources, who opted to remain anonymous due to the deal’s private nature, stated that the company that would be purchasing green car credits from Tesla would be Volkswagen’s joint venture with state-owned Chinese carmaker FAW, called FAW-Volkswagen. Last year, FAW-VW sold 2.16 Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.

Standards 109