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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

Oft-overlooked in favour of WLTP ranges and tax incentives, the simple joy of driving an EV is rarely spoken about. There’s currently a premium price-tag on traditional automatics due to their ease of use, allowing the driver to concentrate on driving rather than gear-selection. Ever noticed the whine of an electric car as it parks up?

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Confirming the recently announced support for ultra low carbon Cars and infrastructure. From April 2010 anyone buying a new car will pay a different rate of vehicles tax in the first year of registration.

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Subsidy announcement boosts electric cars

Green Cars News

Following last week’s government announcement of £5,000 electric vehicle (EVs) subsidies, leading electric car retailer, evstores have confirmed a huge growth in enquiries for their electric MyCar city vehicle. Starting from less than £10k our cars do not need a subsidy to make sense.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. When people start driving electric cars, where will the electricity come from? When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I

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Is a green tax blitz justified? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Motorists could face a huge increase in fuel duty on top of a £3,300 levy on new cars under proposals outlined by the Green Fiscal Commission. So would these tax hikes linked to the amount we pollute be justified? Is a green tax blitz justified? Can a tax rise be a good thing? We take a look…. What are the proposals?

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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