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100 Tesla Model 3 vehicles offered to private hire drivers in London

Teslarati

They Tesla cars will replace internal combustion engine vehicles, reducing air pollution in London. As per Amber , about 3,600 to 4,100 premature deaths in London are attributed to air pollution every year. However, levels of air pollution in London are still too high for many people.

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A huge new 1.2 GW offshore wind farm is headed to New England

Baua Electric

million tons of CO2 emissions annually across the region, equivalent to taking 414,000 cars off the road. Export cable from Vineyard Wind 2 Wind would land in New London, Connecticut, and interconnect with the New England power grid in Montville. It would avoid 2.1 billion realized in Massachusetts, along with 80% of regional jobs.

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

Low emission zones are where the real savings are to be had though – especially for businesses operating within the ULEZ in London, as the daily £12.50 Changing the daily cost of driving an LCV into London from £22.50 That rapid blast of acceleration produces a grand total of 0g/km CO2 emissions. And more zones are coming.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

Green Car Congress

Within the overall trends there are differences between cities with more or less public transit; while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. London has the highest emissions for air transportation at 3.12 t e CO2/cap.) t e CO 2 /cap., with New York City also high. t e CO 2 /cap.

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An Interview with Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of SMMT

Green Cars News

Q: Currently only London can claim to have, in anyway, a widespread distribution of recharging points for electric vehicles – how do you envisage this problem to be solved? Do you agree with Volvo that Boris Johnson should look to peg congestion charging with vehicle CO2 emissions, in much the same way as Vehicle Excise Duty?

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

As a small UK-based business aiming to produce highly energy-efficient vehicles for personal transport; Riversimple says its vision is of a world where our relationship with the car is dramatically changed for the better. Our vehicle architecture is not fuel cell-specific; it is based an electric platform anyway.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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