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LEVC announces upgraded battery for TX taxi and VN5 van

Electric Cars Report

LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has announced an enhancement for its TX taxi and VN5 light van, with both vehicles benefitting from a larger and more efficient battery.

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

The result is a far better handling car which means less potential for spins, crashes and slides. Ever noticed the whine of an electric car as it parks up? 7 worth of electricity. It’s more expensive to fill up with petrol once, than it is to charge an electric car eight times. Batteries to ICEs.

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London’s taxi fleet could cut 4, 000 tonnes of CO2

Green Cars News

London could save four thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions every week if all of the capital’s black cabs were fully electric, new research commissioned by the UK low carbon motor, EcoVelocity reveals.

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200 electric cars included in Olympic fleet

Green Cars News

BMW and LOCOG, the London 2012 organising committee, has today revealed full details of the London 2012 fleet. The diverse fleet covers not only cars but also motorcycles and bicycles, with the average CO2 emissions of the fleet at just 116g/km it beats the target set down by the organising committee.

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Electric cars prove Future Car Challenge winners

Green Cars News

The 2011 RAC Future Car Challenge was a few months ago now, but the RAC Foundation has finally released the CO2 findings from the Brighton to London annual challenge. Each of the low-carbon participating cars was fitted with a data logger to track the efficiency and emissions from the vehicles over the 57 mile course. [.].

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Fahrvegnügen and fuhgedaboutit: V-Dub Disses Hybrids, Hydrogen & CO2 Concern

Plugs and Cars

And he wasn't asked about batteries or plug-in hybrids or electric cars. Is there too much emphasis on carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions? Politically, it's very popular to say that you're going to ban cars that emit over 225g/km of carbon dioxide in London, but it won't make any difference to the ambient atmosphere.

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Electric company car tax explained

Drive Electric

The amount of company car tax due is also based on what type of fuel the vehicle uses and its CO2 emissions. Put simply, if you’re on a big wage and you drive an expensive car with high emissions, you’re going to pay the most in company car tax. What is electric company car tax?

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