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CARB launching second round of Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project with $130M

Green Car Congress

CORE is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities. Construction equipment. Agricultural equipment.

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Scrappage scheme faces more criticism

Green Cars News

How much will the UK’s vehicle scrappage scheme help car buyers? A spokesman for the company highlighted that many of those who drive a car that’s 10 years old or more do so because they can’t afford a new model. Do you think the scrappage scheme should be extended to used cars?

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Hyundai ahead of the pack in scrappage scheme

Green Cars News

So which company has reaped the benefits of the vehicle scrappage scheme the most here in the UK? The company, which is a major employer in the Essex area, has taken more than 17,000 orders since the scheme started - that’s almost 300 a day. Look no further than Korean car manufacturer Hyundai.

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Disruptive tech, sustainability agenda driving India’s auto INC | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Regardless of the current softer global economic climate and its inevitable impact at home, the country’s automotive industry is set for robust and resilient growth enabled by disruptive technologies and a sustainability mindset. India is the world’s third-largest automobile market. And the automotive industry is no different.

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Scrap your car for free bus travel

Green Cars News

A bus company on the Isle of Wight has launched its own version of the car scrappage scheme, offering motorists free travel on its buses for a year in exchange for their old banger. The government funded Car scrappage is a scheme that does nothing to tackle the fact that we have to encourage people to use their cars less.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

New and used vehicle importers, fleet companies, the electricity sector, other supporting industries and consumers need certainty about government climate and transport policy over the long-term. Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . Scrappage schemes . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’.