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Scrappage scheme set to be extended

Green Cars News

The popular car scrappage scheme is set to be extended the BBC reports. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is set to announce a move to extend the scheme in his Labour Party Conference speech. The scrappage incentive gives a £2,000 discount to buyers of new cars whoagree to scrap their 10 years or more old car in return.

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UK AA president says millions of second cars could be electric

Green Car Congress

At last week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference in the UK—prior to the Battersea Formula E Grand Prix run over the weekend—Edmund King, the UK AA’s (Automobile Association) president argued that millions of second cars in households could relatively easily be electric vehicles.

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