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Survey finds big shift in UK buyers’ attitude to diesel; more concern over running costs than environment

Green Car Congress

With engine performance and good fuel consumption being rated as the two most important factors for car buyers, the shift from diesel to gasoline is more about running costs than concerns about the environment, following the diesel emissions scandal last year. Buyers appear not to be overly concerned about environmental factors.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’. Our new technology could help to drive down the cost of biofuels so that they eventually replace fossil fuels in transport and aviation—a much happier situation for the environment and one we are all working towards.

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CredR partners Crayon Motors to offer petrol two-wheelers for an electric bike 

Electric Vehicles India

CredR partners Crayon Motors to offer petrol two-wheelers for an electric bike . The partnership will deal with the exchange of any petrol-based two-wheeler with the latter’s electric bike. With this partnership, the customers can upgrade from any petrol two-wheeler to Crayon Motors e-bikes. CredR partners Crayon Motors.

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

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Green cars” can be defined as vehicles that use alternative fuels (other than petrol or diesel) and/or alternative types of propulsion (other than the conventional ICE). High entry costs may exist for new technologies, and therefore lead to high cost of switching to these new technologies for users.

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EV’s in England

Revenge of the Electric Car

A full charge takes around six hours and costs less than £1. Mitsubishi says a small petrol car travelling 12,000 miles will cost around £1,200 but an electric car will cost just £115.&#. Mitsubishi says a small petrol car travelling 12,000 miles will cost around £1,200 but an electric car will cost just £115.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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A report from the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling for a more strategic approach to biofuels. The biofuels currently being produced in New Zealand can only be used to supplement conventional petrol and diesel. Other feedstocks, such as switchgrass, could also be minor players.

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New report released by UK House of Commons calls for advancing date for end of sale of conventional cars to before 2040

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Broadly, the report says that the Government needs to: Place the protection of public health and the environment, rather than technical compliance or political convenience, at the center of air quality policy. It has violated its obligations”. The Government should inform us of the outcome of its assessments in response to this Report.

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