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Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4! New Renault Twingo to be reinvented as $33,000 electric vehicle

EV Central

Widely seen as a French fight back against the influx of cheap Chinese imports in Europe, when it lands the next-gen Renault Twingo is primed to cost less than €20,000 ($A33,000) before subsidies – around $5000 cheaper than the current BYD Dolphin in Australia. 2 and at least two affordable rivals from the Hyundai and Kia.

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PA Turnpike considers solar-powered EV charging stations

Teslarati

EV charging suppliers are torn between energy costs, expansion needs, and remaining price competitive (to name a few factors). With cheap energy generation, one high cost of EV charging can be removed, assisting organizations in achieving profitability. One of the biggest challenges facing EV charging is the question of profitability.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Next year, the EU is tightening its restrictions with a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025 for both cars and vans. Now, with electrification firmly taking hold, diesel engine development has all but ceased in Europe.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Additional fees and charges added to electricity prices. Implementing a price cap for retailers. The unit cost of Gas in the UK is 4 times the price of US Gas. – Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. Price of bread. That maybe fine when the price of flour is low.

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The importance of wheel size to CO2 emissions

Green Cars News

Kia revealed prices of the new cee’d this week. Starting from £14,395, it’s not as cheap as the old one, but it has a lot more equipment and it’s a much better car. Sounds like a good deal to me. Particularly as it’s much more efficient than before too: the 1.6-litre litre petrol engine looks an [.].

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Royal Society Report Concludes Geoengineering and its Consequences May be the Price for Failure to Act on Climate Change; Recommendations for Plan B

Green Car Congress

Geoengineering and its consequences are the price we may have to pay for failure to act on climate change. Although they are relatively cheap to deploy, there are considerable uncertainties about their regional consequences, and they only reduce some, but not all, of the effects of climate change, while possibly creating other problems.

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Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test

Green Cars News

During that time power has risen by 30%, while fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have dropped by 23% and 26% respectively. Toyota Prius lease prices Toyota Prius new and nearly new car prices. Couple that with an 89g/km CO2 figure (£0 road tax for the foreseeable future) and the Prius becomes an even more tempting proposition.

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