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First electric Urban Air Port secures UK government backing; eVTOL hub

Green Car Congress

The Future Flight Challenge was created to develop aviation infrastructure and systems that enable the next generation of electric and autonomous air vehicles. It is designed to support any eVTOL aircraft and complements other modes of sustainable transport as a hub for electric vehicles, buses or scooters.

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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future: The Rise of Electric Autos in India

Baua Electric

With the global push towards sustainability, the rise of electric autos in India comes as no surprise. The Indian government has introduced various incentives and initiatives, such as subsidies and tax benefits, to promote the adoption of electric autos. One of the main challenges is the high upfront cost of electric vehicles.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

Drive Electric

Lower your company-wide emissions with sustainable vehicles. Businesses big and small will play a vital role in reducing New Zealand’s carbon emissions through the transition to more sustainable transport. You can assess the best mix of mobility solutions and consider: If your business needs personally assigned vehicles.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. I’m not against that and we should be exploring it but there are a lot of challenges—the primary one being the cost of these vehicles and there are infrastructure issues as well ,” cautioned Heywood. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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The Energy Commission also approved a package of $26,066,446 to projects that will boost the number of alternative fuel vehicles on the state’s roadways, and expand the fueling infrastructure to keep them running. 300,000 to install and assess the performance of a smart-grid enabled fast-charging electric vehicle charging network.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Drive Electric has advocated for a comprehensive plan to decarbonise transport for the past two years. Our submission and inputs relate specifically to accelerating the uptake of e-mobility, but we recognise that decarbonising transport is much wider than that. Capacity of the grid and managing demand. .

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Better Place Secures $350M Series B Round led by HSBC Group

Green Car Congress

All of those discussions confirmed what we expected, is that we are on to a unique model, and one that is inevitable in the electrification of transportation. We are confident that Better Place has the technical and commercial solutions to allow for the mass adoption of electric cars in the near term. —Kevin Adeson.

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