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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. CEV bandings (Singapore dollars).

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BYD e6 EV now available for consumers in China

Green Car Congress

This is the first domestic all-electric vehicle for sale to consumers in China. BYD e6s have been in operation in government and taxi fleets for nearly 18 months. The Shenzhen taxi fleet, using BYD’s e6 exclusively, have accumulated more than 3.8 The final price to consumers will be ~$38,430 (or 249,800 RMB).

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Vietnam’s VinFast to set up EV battery plant in India -sources – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The company will make batteries for EVs at the plant in the city of Thoothukudi, one of the people said, adding that this was separate from its previously announced plans to assemble vehicles shipped in parts from Vietnam. An announcement by the company on the new plant is expected in coming days, two people said.

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Pike Research forecasts China plug-in market to reach 152,000 units/year by 2017, falling short of government targets; BEVs to dominate

Green Car Congress

The HEV cars were sold mostly to individual consumers while PHEVs were sold to taxi fleets in Shenzhen and Beijing, as well as to some. planned for sales to the mass market in five pilot cities encountered delays due to infrastructure installments, Pike noted, and consequently were not rolled out in 2011. BEV/PHEV cars that were.

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Toyota and Nishitetsu begin full-scale operation of multi-modal mobility service “my route” in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu City

Green Car Congress

The project will also be expanded to include the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). In Kitakyushu City, a One-day Pass provided by Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu will also be offered for sale. s Motaku taxi booking service.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

Cars That Think

In the intervening years, there have been numerous claims made by companies that they’ve figured out how to make a real-world product that mimics movie magic. Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. safety standards. Spoiler alert: It didn’t happen. meter wide, 6.1-meter-long

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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