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European Emissions Regulations Drive the Toyota GR Yaris' Price Up By Almost 100 Percent

The Truth About Cars

but it’s clear we should all be thankful that we’re not facing steep taxes and penalties for continuing to buy gas vehicles. Electric vehicles have become an unnecessarily politicized product in the U.S.,

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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

Green Car Congress

ACEA cautions that the targets must be realistic, taking into account what people can actually afford to buy. The study found that of the roughly 100,000 charging points available today, 76% are concentrated in just four countries (the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK). —ACEA report.

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40,000 pre-built charging piles in North America, the status quo of charging piles in Europe, America and Japan

Setec Powerr

Charging is not convenient , Many consumers will not buy electric cars. The public charging piles are concentrated in Germany ,France and the Netherlands , Some other EU countries don’t even have… Every 100 kilometers 1 A common charging pile. at present , The EU has about 70? Ten thousand fast charging piles and 7.4

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OLA Electric's huge scooter factory - India's own Gigafactory

Plug In India

Ola’s AppScooter The first product from OLA is going to be the App Scooter which was developed by Etergo BV, an innovative electric scooter startup, based out of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Existing ICE 2 wheeler dinosaurs like TVS, Honda, Suzuki, Vespa will have to act soon and launch electrics.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Netherlands / 158 / 165 / 15. Honda / 6 / 154. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7. Romania / 156 / 155 / 9.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" Because of Hondas different architecture (the engine runs whenever the motor runs), aftermarket conversion of Hondas are unlikely.

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