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2035 Canberra ICE ban an important step, but a drop in the EV ocean

EV Central

And yet I must admit I felt a twinge of something adjacent to admiration for our capital, a country town that’s always willing to go for woke, this week when it announced that new fossil fuel-powered vehicles would be banned in the ACT from 2035. READ MORE: EVs no more expensive than petrol cars: ACT Government.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

Farther down the line are somewhat newer Defender body panels waiting to be refurbished, hand-sanded, and then covered with Ferrari-quality. liter petrol engine. Such kits are a modern take on the electric conversions that became popular with some enthusiasts starting in the 1970s, before it was possible to buy a new electric car.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

From small steps like ditching single-use plastics and shopping local, to larger changes such as investing in solar panels for your home or switching to an electric vehicle, here’s ten suggestions to get you started for you and your family: 1. There are a number of reasons why buying local produce is great for you and the planet.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

Around the six Gulf states, together with oil majors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, electrical vehicles account for simply 0.4% of the passenger-vehicle marketplace. File photo: Branding on an Xpeng P7 electric vehicle (EV). In the UAE, where the government sets petrol pricing higher at $3.43

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? THE GOV NEEDS TO GET THIER HEADS OUT OF THE SAND,THIS IS SO BIG.

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