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UK accelerates end of sale of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2030, hybrids to 2035

Green Car Congress

The sale of hybrid cars will be allowed until 2035. 582 million (US$773 million) in grants for those buying zero or ultra-low emission vehicles to make them cheaper to buy and incentivize more people to make the transition. To support the acceleration to electrification, the Prime Minister announced: £1.3 billion (US$1.7

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

As we wait for Congress to fully return from their recess and vote on various legislation, I continue to be extremely concerned about how as much as $10 billion in federal government grants will be be spent on EV charging infrastructure. But as I outlined in my recent article, How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America? ,

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UK Automobile Association survey finds 1% plan to buy hybrid or EVs; RAC report finds price key barrier to green car take-up

Green Car Congress

The latest annual survey of the UK Automobile Association (AA) has found that of the respondents who may be replacing their car within 12 months only 1% will be looking to buy an electric or hybrid vehicle.

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CARB approves $28M investment in clean trucks, cars

Green Car Congress

California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) provides incentives to purchase the cleanest medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and Clean Cars 4 All incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles.

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2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid Or Jetta TDI: Which Would You Buy?

Green Car Reports

In October, buyers will be granted a second option, however--with the launch of the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid. liter, turbocharged and hybrid-assisted four-cylinder, the Jetta Hybrid will put out 170-horsepower, and.

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UK Government Announces £5,000 Grants Towards Purchase of Electric Drive Vehicles and First Plugged-in Places

Green Car Congress

The Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to consumers at the point of purchase and will be managed in a similar way to the grant made as part of the Government’s scrappage scheme. Qualifying criteria for the Plug-in Car Grant. Must be Battery electric, plug-in hybrid or a hydrogen fuel cell car. Area Criterion.

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Ford F-150 Lightning becomes Vermont Governor’s truck

Teslarati

More funding has been introduced via the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Grant Program, which will grant funding for EV charging placed at multi-unit residents. Vermont has multiple state-level incentives for its residents to access when buying an electric vehicle or charger of their own.

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