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Roadmapping Your Airport EV Charging Installation

Blink Charging

The first step to build out comprehensive electric vehicle charging infrastructure is to select an EV charging expert that can walk airport administrators and facility managers through the process. As part of your site assessment, your EV expert or electrician will assess your EV charging needs and help you determine a plan.

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

The Truth About Cars

The scheme is similar to the “congestion charging” that takes place in some of Europe’s largest cities and would make New York the first American locale to enact the concept. However, formal congestion pricing didn’t come up until former mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested taxing vehicles for entering the busiest parts of NYC in 2007.

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Dutch Cabinet Approves Mileage Tax; In Effect in 2012 if Approved by Parliament

Green Car Congress

The Dutch Cabinet on Friday approved a new road tax bill that would eliminate the current motor vehicle tax and purchase tax and replace them with a charge per kilometer driven, starting in 2012 and increasing through 2018. The average rate for a car is expected to be: Dutch Mileage Tax.

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New draft rules relax norms to regularise school vans – ET Auto

Baua Electric

But school administrations were hesitant to provide such authorization since they were also running their own buses and vans and charging transportation fees. Henceforth, registering school vans and taxis will be possible with a letter from either school officials or parents,” he said.

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BMW Group and Daimler AG agree to combine mobility services into new JV

Green Car Congress

Subject to examination and approval by the responsible competition authorities, the BMW Group and Daimler AG plan to combine and strategically expand their existing on-demand mobility offering in the areas of CarSharing, Ride-Hailing, Parking, Charging and Multimodality.

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China Ministry of Transport targeting 300,000 new energy vehicles on roads by 2020

Green Car Congress

Xinhua reports that the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) is targeting 300,000 new energy vehicles on China’s roads by 2020: 200,000 new energy buses and 100,000 new energy taxis and city logistics delivery vehicles.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

Wallbox

In 1990, a CO2 tax was implemented and the country began to focus on establishing a greener transport system by promoting Norwegian EV production and adoption. Let’s take a look at the Volkswagen Golf versus the Volkswagen e-Golf as an example of how the tax scheme works in practice. Investing in Infrastructure.

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