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Tesla says Aussie car lobby group is attempting to delay climate action

Teslarati

Tesla says an Australian automotive industry lobby group is attempting to delay climate action by making false claims about the government’s clean car policy. The FCAI has several members that have ambitious climate goals, including Ford, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguar Land Rover.

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Singapore introducing stiff new feebate scheme for low carbon cars

Green Car Congress

Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles.

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Tata Motors to invest Rs 15,000 Cr over next 4 years to launch 10 new EVsĀ 

Electric Vehicles India

Tata Motors is all set to invest $2 billion (Rs 15,000 crore) over the next four years to roll out 10 new electric vehicles just as its broader passenger vehicles division which was in losses till a few years ago and hopefully will improve and create free cash flow by 2022-23. Read further to know about . According to N.

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EPA's Most Climate-Friendly Cars: All About Fuel Efficiency

Green Car Reports

But we see no such problems in the EPA Green Vehicle Guide, which rates vehicles not only on tailpipe emissions but also their carbon-dioxide. The dirty little secrets of Top 10 lists are in the methodology, as Forbes found out with its weirdly inaccurate "10 Dirtiest Cars" list.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

Youā€™ll be happy to hear that auto insurance companies are competing for green customers by offering discounts. Weā€™ll show you how to minimize your carbon footprint from the vehicle you drive in its care, repairs and maintenance. Green Vehicles. Electric cars are on the leading edge of the green vehicle spectrum.

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California Energy Commission adopts $100M investment plan for 2013-2014 for green vehicles and fuels

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. Funding priorities through the ARFVT Program support fuel and vehicle development to help attain the stateā€™s climate change policies.

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EUCAR calls for targeted support for automotive initiatives in ā‚¬80B Horizon 2020 program; targeting ā‚¬5B budget

Green Car Congress

EUCAR is calling for several priority automotive R&I initiatives in the following domains to be included in Horizon 2020 (as outlined in its position paper): A European Green Vehicles Initiative (EGVI), as successor to the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI) which has been operating under FP7 since 2009.The

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