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UK to invest £200M in fleet of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks

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This could see hundreds more zero-emission HGVs rolled out across the nation and save the industry money, due to overall running costs of green vehicles being cheaper than gasoline and diesel equivalents. gathered from field testing vehicles in a real-world, real-time logistics environment.

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OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

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Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. —“Market Development for Green Cars”. Today, the OECD has 34 member countries.).

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Consumers are to be offered incentives of up to £5,000 to purchase an electric car under government plans to be unveiled today that will also see the creation of electric car cities across the UK and the launch of large-scale experiments with ultra-green vehicles. My Web del.icio.us

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J.D. Power forecasts hybrid- and battery-electric vehicles will represent 7.3% of global auto sales in 2020

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The report, titled “Drive Green 2020: More Hope than Reality” considers various factors affecting the future potential for “greenvehicles in the world’s largest automotive markets. These factors include market trends, regulatory environment, consumer sentiment and technology development in these markets.

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J.D. Power sees hybrid and EV share below 10% of US market through 2016 despite rising fuel prices

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Power also sees hybrid and electric vehicle share of the US market to remain below 10% through 2016. For example, 75% of consumers who indicate they would consider a hybrid electric vehicle cite lower fuel costs as a main benefit. In contrast, 50% cite “better for the environment” as a main benefit of these vehicles.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. SZ (1) 6753.T

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