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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Out have gone the coffee before work each morning, the weekend nights out, and the rush to buy the hot new DVD releases; in has been a new, thrifty way of living. Part of the swing in culture has been a downturn in new car sales. Averting a slump. per cent compared to the same time last year and, at Y7.56

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

Green Cars News

The new administration’s stimulus package allots $2B for advanced batteries, $300M for federal and states fleets to buy new clean fuel vehicles and $7,500 tax rebate for PHEV, with yet more money in the Auto-Industry Re-tooling fund. No on has a lock on this future; everything is up for grabs.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen. Chinese green-car subsidies on hold. The uncertainty surrounding Chinese demand for electric cars is tied to subsidies, Mr. Yang says.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs. So is this scheme green at all? When the cash for clunkers scheme was introduced, we at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk