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South Burlington approved zoning change that brings Tesla closer to its first Vermont sales center

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Earlier this year, Tesla requested that the commission rezone the property for its sales center. ” “Two of the three involved properties are presently approved for auto sales in the C1 – Auto district; this use is allowed in the Commercial 2 district as well. The third property is a municipal fire station.

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Citroen’s ‘Facebook C1’ goes on sale

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Britain’s first production car to be designed by Facebook users has gone on sale. Citroen encouraged users to design their dream C1 – from exterior colours to interior features – through its Facebook page with the most popular configuration promised a spot on the production line.

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

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In Europe, diesel car registrations fell by 7.9% Gasoline car registrations benefited from the decline of diesel, growing by 10.9% (+760,000 units) to a 50% market share; SUVs led growth with a record 4.56 The small increase can be attributed to the Skoda and Seat brands, which increased SUV sales by 74% and 254% respectively.

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New 99g/km CO2 Citroen C1 goes on sale

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Citroen’s newly restyled C1 goes on sale next week priced from just £7995. The new city car model also offers an improved level of standard kit even from the entry-level VT trim. [.]. A special launch price of £6995 is available through the Citroen Rewards scheme that deducts as much as £1,000 off the list price.

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Citroen prepares for UK launch of new C1

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Citroen’s new C1 is set to go on sale in the UK this July with prices starting from £8,245. Along with sibling cars, the Peugeot 108 and new Toyota Aygo, the new Citroen is more efficient than the outgoing model with CO2 emissions rated from 88g/km. Available in both three and five door [.].

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Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

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Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles. CEV bandings (Singapore dollars). 101 to 120. 121 to 140. 141 to 160.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. —Felipe Munoz.

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