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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. If US residents who switched to SUVs over the past 20 years had stuck with smaller cars, more than 1,000 pedestrian deaths might have been averted, according to one study.

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New Zealand unveils $8,600 subsidy for electric vehicles

Electric Vehicles India

The New Zealand government has introduced subsidies to make electric vehicles cheaper as the new petrol and diesel cars more expensive. This initiative comes as New Zealand’s Climate Commission recommendations laid out the sweeping changes that need to change the emission goals in the country.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

million units what with the demand for electric two- and three-wheelers as well as cars and SUVs hitting a new high. Last year also saw a total of 379,837 petrol-ethanol powered vehicles sold in India. Last year also saw a total of 379,837 petrol-ethanol powered vehicles sold in India. Or shift gear to electrified vehicles.

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Why Hybrids are gaining momentum amid EV frenzy | Autocar Professional

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The hybrid vehicles — dual powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor — are gathering strong traction amongst SUV buyers versus all electric battery-operated passenger vehicles. The price premium between a hybrid and EV equivalent over petrol, hybrid is better off, despite high GST.” Hybrids cost about Rs 2.5

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It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes

EV Central

Previewed in an Impact Analysis published on Sunday (February 4), the newly renamed National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), will impose tough CO2 emissions limit on passenger vehicles, SUVs, utes and vans that ramp up around 12 per cent per year from 2025 to 2029 under the government’s preferred model.

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EV sales in India at 3.4m, Maharashtra tops in 2Ws, PVs and buses | Autocar Professional

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However, it has the bragging rights because it is the leader in e-two-wheelers, electric cars and SUVs, and also e-buses. Likewise, in e-PVs, the state leads with 30,493 units or 19% of the 161,361 cars and SUVs sold till September 2023.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

Volvo reveals C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” – Volvo revealed its new C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” which according to the company “has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design.” ” – Volvo Chief Executive Håkan Samuelsson. – February 25, via GreenCarReports.

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