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New UK Report Welcomes Moves to Promote Green Cars but Stresses Importance of Policies to Reduce Car Use

Green Car Congress

It finds that policy can play a big role in helping drivers leave their car at home and that Britain lags behind the leading countries in use of cleaner modes of travel. Subsidies for low carbon cars are likely to be effective, because the evidence is that people tend to discount long run costs. Robert Gross, lead author.

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Citroen confirms scrappage scheme

Green Cars News

It didn’t take long for vehicle manufacturers to jump on the scrappage bandwagon in a bid to strike while the iron is hot. However, the French manufacturer was not just confirming its participation in the Government-led plans - instead it was issuing a reminder about a scrappage scheme of its own.

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Will the scrappage extension do any good? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. There are ominous questions looming too, as to what the motor industry will do when the scrappage scheme ends. The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009.

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

Green Car Congress

To help bus companies and local authorities in England to put more than 1,200 new low carbon buses on the roads. Today we commit £100 million [US$130 million] towards new low emission buses and retrofitting older buses with cleaner engines. 89M – Green Bus Fund. 27M – Clean Bus Technology Fund and Clean Vehicle Technology Fund.

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Tata Motors inaugurates first vehicle scrapping facility in North-East in Guwahati

Baua Electric

In addition, it will also ensure safe disposal of end-of-life vehicles, reduce carbon emissions, and contribute to a cleaner environment. I thank Tata Motors for pioneering the start of smart facilities in Assam.” facility in Guwahati, Tata Motors takes a significant step in advancing responsible vehicle scrapping in the region.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric NZ

The changes to the Clean Car Discount appear designed to encourage even cleaner vehicles entering our fleet; this will mean more PHEVs and BEVs coming in and over time fewer petrol and diesel vehicles. “At Drive Electric our mission is to support the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand as part of our efforts to decarbonise transport.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric NZ

If we do not prepare ourselves, we risk becoming the dumping ground for the world’s dirtiest right hand drive vehicles, instead of a quick adopter of better, cleaner technologies. . We note that the Sustainable Business Council’s Low Carbon Freight Pathway, reflected in the CCC’s final advice, has shown that we can be much more ambitious.