Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Paraguay is the greenest place on the Earth to own and drive an electric car, thanks to its hydro-energy driven electricity grid. The South American country produces a staggering five time more hydroelectricity than it produces, meaning that the footprint of running an electric car there is rated at just 70 g CO2e/km-virtually all of [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

Electrovaya has labelled the fleet of emission-free cars a “game changer&# in urban transportation. It believes that the vehicle has both the look and feel of a four-door petrol powered saloon car and should appeal to customers looking to reduce their oil dependence.

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Green Cars News

MAY 29, 2009

As many as a fifth of Britain’s 34 million motorists are planning to buy an electric car within the next five years or would consider doing so. million drivers are thinking about buying a vehicle powered solely by batteries. Tags: Electric cars Cars electric plans RAC.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

London’s first non-membership electric car hire company GoGo Electric, which launched earlier this year, says that the bulk of its customers are private motorists living on the outskirts of the city who want to try out electrics as potential ‘early adopters’. Natalie said: “GoGo is a new business idea, and we think it is very timely.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

With payments of up to $4,500 for motorists willing to swap their ageing gas guzzling vehicles for more fuel efficient ones, it seemed like a ‘can’t lose’ scheme with consumers getting cheaper cars, the automotive industry enjoying more sales and the environment boosted by a reduction in harmful emissions.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

But are its looks enough of a reason to buy it? As you’d expect from a car with 10 engine options, there’s a wide range of fuel consumption figures and CO2 emissions, from the 37.2mpg and 178g/km of the tubocharged 2.0-litre litre TCe180 petrol engine to the frugal 62.8mpg and 118g/km of the 84bhp 1.5-litre

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

By announcing the grant will commence in 2011, Mr. Hoon is actually inviting consumers to wait until 2011 to buy an electric car. This is clearly detrimental to the introduction of battery electric vehicles into the UK market and meeting its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 26 per cent by 2020.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Emissions g/km. Emissions g/km.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Those who think they are the natural successor for full hybrids as we continue the movement towards lower emission driving will be thrilled with Volvo’s plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article ). Tags: Hybrid cars The Green Piece Toyota Volvo hybrid plug-in. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

The project would increase transport facilities in rural areas whilst also addressing the need to reduce carbon emissions in rural areas. According to CRC, these communities often have little choice but to own a car when bus services are infrequent, stop early in the day, and don’t run at all at weekends.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Home Business Industry Sectors Engineering MY PROFILE SHOP JOBS PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 Slow start for charge of the electric cars Ray Hutton Electric cars need a boost. Car buyers were less enthusiastic. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( People wont buy a full car.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Among its suggestions is a £300 tax on new cars, increasing annually to £3,300 by 2020. It also puts forward the idea of further increases in fuel duty which could lead to petrol costing motorists £2 a litre within 11 years. More money must be invested into green car infrastructure too.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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? doesnt matter because when the average electric car stops, it stops for a long while.

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