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Plug’n Drive launches $1,000 incentive to scrap a gas car PLUS $1,000 towards a Used EV

Plug N Drive

This program is being offered to encourage drivers to make the switch to low carbon transportation and reduce air pollution. The Scrappage Incentive is in addition to the Used EV Incentive program that launched in April 2019, which provides $1,000 off the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric car.

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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions

Green Car Congress

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. The team expects future vehicle efficiency gains to reduce emissions to ?350 transportation sector.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

A vehicle scrappage scheme. And the investigation of extending the Clean Car Discount to other vehicle types. In April, 39% of all vehicles sold were an EV, PHEV or a hybrid. For more information, contact: Drive Electric Chairman, Mark Gilbert, 021 972 244 mark@driveelectric.org.nz. About Drive Electric.

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UK AA president says millions of second cars could be electric

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At last week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference in the UK—prior to the Battersea Formula E Grand Prix run over the weekend—Edmund King, the UK AA’s (Automobile Association) president argued that millions of second cars in households could relatively easily be electric vehicles.

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

Green Car Congress

The Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to consumers at the point of purchase and will be managed in a similar way to the grant made as part of the Government’s scrappage scheme. Vehicle type. Must be Battery electric, plug-in hybrid or a hydrogen fuel cell car. Vehicle performance. Area Criterion.

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Aixam Mega - Government failing on electric vehicles

Green Cars News

Electric vehicle maker Aixam Mega; which owns the NICE brand in the UK, has called on the government to rethink its policy on electric cars and vans. He said: “We have been told that this is because our vehicles are legally described as quadricycles, rather than as cars, owing to their lighter weight, and lower power output. “The