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Paris To Charge Higher Parking Fees for Large Vehicles and SUVs

The Truth About Cars

The entire world is seeking ways to mitigate climate change, but big changes don’t always slide by without some pushback from the public. Some European capitals will ban certain types of vehicles, and others have devised taxes and fees to incentivize driving less.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

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. The researchers suggested that taxing heavy cars could be part of a solution, along with driving less, and other technology-based weight reductions efforts.

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Feature: Bridging the EV Affordability Gap

Clean Fleet Report

The number of plug-in electric cars nearly doubled from 40 to more than 70 vehicles this year, including attractive SUV crossovers in the $40,000 range like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID4. Rebates & Tax Credits Don’t Help Most Americans. Climate Loans Have Some Limitations. Help Navigating EV Incentives.

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A stack of lies you could drive a Toyota HiLux through | Opinion

EV Central

He’s even dubbed it “Albo’s ute tax”, and you should buckle down for hearing that one more often). Or, as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen put it: “It’s up to the FCAI to explain the clear contradiction in their two positions. READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Yes, BILLIONS.

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Over 200,000 Pure Electric Vehicles to hit UK roads in 2021

Drive Electric

Financial incentives for battery electric vehicles will remain, including a rate of just 1% Benefit in Kind (BIK) company car tax from April 2021 for a period of 12 months. There is growing environmental awareness, about climate change and also about challenges with local air quality; EVs help to provide a solution in both areas.

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

EV Adoption

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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GM Q4 sales: Ultium grows, Bolt ends best year ever as GM has 3.1% EV share

Baua Electric

2023 Hummer EV pickup and SUV versions (Source: GM) Hummer EV had an impressive quarter, particularly considering how ridiculously excessive it is, with 2,028 in Q4 ’23, almost doubling last quarter’s sales of 1,167 units, and up from just 72 in Q4 of last year.

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