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Tesla goes after Cybertruck owners selling their electric pickup trucks for profit

Baua Electric

Now, one of the owners who put his for sale reports that Tesla has contacted him to let him know that they canceled his two other Cybertruck reservations (via Cybertruck’s Owners Club ): “[Tesla’s] Loss and Prevention flagged me and Store Leader reached out to let me know they cancelled my other reservations.”

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car2go to set up car-sharing service in Birmingham, UK

Green Car Congress

Starting in autumn 2012, car2go will provide its Birmingham members access to a fleet of up to 250 two-seater smart fortwo “car2go edition” vehicles fitted with a gasoline engine with start/stop system. The car2go vehicles will not be parked at fixed stations but can be located at any legal public parking space.

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

Green Car Congress

Despite this, an analysis of more than 1,800 major roads show that a small number of these—81 or 4%—are due to breach legal pollution limits for NO 2 , with 33 of these outside of London. The UK assesses air quality, as well as legal compliance with these obligations, via a combination of monitoring data and modeling.

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Junkyard Find: 2008 Mercury Sable, Press Loaner Flashback Edition

The Truth About Cars

If you're desperate for Colorado junkyard Corvair content, check out this '63 Monza Club Coupe I shot a few months ago or this '68 500 Sport Coupe I shot last month. Today's Junkyard Find was a "49-state" car, not legal for new sale in the Golden State. Look, I found a Merlot 2006 Montego just one row over from today's Junkyard Find !

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AYRO launches low-speed Electric Vaccine Vehicle

Green Car Congress

When configured as a street-legal vehicle it can serve populations unable to get to vaccination sites because they don’t have access to transportation—including millions of high-risk older adults and low-income households. Element Fleet Management Corp., Element Fleet Management Corp.,

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News: 2023 Toyota and Lexus New Products

Clean Fleet Report

Make sure to sign-up for the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (upper right) to be alerted when reviews are posted on several of these cars, trucks and SUVs. Clean Fleet Report has tested many Toyota hybrid models and know this fuel economy number can easily be topped, getting in the 40+ mpg range. Toyota New Stuff. Corolla Cross Hybrid.

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LowCVP announces winners of Low Carbon Urban Mobility Technology Challenge

Green Car Congress

The proposals include a lightweight, driverless electric bus; a system to improve the efficiency of urban freight transport; a bus-taxi hybrid (a “buxi”); a low carbon, community-managed car club; plus two variants of lightweight, single seat electric vehicles. Capoco is now seeking funding for technology demonstrators. Ecospin Ltd.

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