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Sainsbury Confirms Order for 51 Smith Edison Electric Vans

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In June, Sainsbury announced it would buy another 50 electric vans, but did not specify the vendor at the time. The vehicles will be deployed in Sainsbury’s Online grocery delivery service in London and will make Sainsbury’s one of the largest operator of commercial electric vehicles in the UK. Tags: Brief.

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Daimler buys stake in Tesla

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Tesla is the only production automaker selling a highway capable electric vehicle in North America and Europe, and as such Daimler’s investment will see the company furthering its development of battery-run cars. So far, 100 smart electric cars have already been undergoing large-scale trials in London since 2007.

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

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crash tested to acceptable international standards (namely, i) A tailored protocol based on EuroNCAP ii) Compliance with crash testing regimes in other developed international markets of similar stringency to Europe; for example USA, Japan, Korea etc). Tags: Electric (Battery) Europe Fuel Cells Hybrids Plug-ins Policy.

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Transport for London Establishes Procurement Frameworks For Up To 8,525 Charging Points and 1,000 EVs

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Transport for London (TfL) has placed two notices in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) which will create the UK’s largest procurement frameworks to date for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charge point infrastructure. million) for London and an additional £15.4 million) in London and £25.4

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Call to support current generation of electric vehicles

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By announcing the grant will commence in 2011, Mr. Hoon is actually inviting consumers to wait until 2011 to buy an electric car. Tags: Electric cars electric Going-Electric letter Transport Secretary.

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365 Energy Enables Cross-border Billing and Roaming for EV Users in Amsterdam and Bochum

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With the networked billing and roaming, EV users will not only be able to access ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations in Europe with the same ID, they will also receive an integrated invoice at the end of each billing period. In the near future, this will enable EV drivers to buy the electricity from their preferred provider.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Your correspondent borrowed the new A2B electric bicycle from Ultra Motors, a British firm, and took it for a spin in London. The British government, for example, announced recently that, in a few years, motorists will be able to get up to £5,000 in incentives to buy an electric car. Tags: evdriven. All rights reserved.