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Hyundai & Grab Want To Accelerate EV Adoption In Southeast Asia

CleanTechnica EVs

Hyundai and Grab, which provides taxis and rental cars in markets in Southeast Asia, are in the mood to electrify. The two companies plan to also push battery-as-a-service and EV financing forward. Although operational costs of […]. Down in Southeast Asia, the duo are partnering to offer more electric cars as rentals.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

Cars That Think

billion at the apex, the category’s top seven companies together have hauled in more than $5 billion in funding—a figure that doesn’t include private firms, whose finances haven’t been disclosed. Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either. With Joby and its $1.85

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Ampersand Secures $9 Million Debt Facility From US International DFC To Scale Operations

CleanTechnica EVs

A number of startups focused on electrifying the motorcycle and motorcycle taxi (boda-boda) market have now entered the boda-boda space in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. They have adopted several models, including battery leasing and swapping services, hoping to entice boda-boda operators with the lower opex costs of electric motorcycles.

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MEG expanding heavy-duty electric truck efforts; succsessful testing of mine vehicle

Green Car Congress

In addition to the environmental considerations, heavy-duty electric trucks offer additional benefits such as reduced cost of ownership, as well as labor cost savings and increased safety by providing autonomous piloting in closed working environments.

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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

My Energi

Citing concerns surrounding ‘additional pressure on public finances’ and ‘limitations surrounding legal and fiscal considerations’, ministers also rejected calls to reinstate EV purchase grants – a scheme that proved vital in supporting the growth of the electric car market before its closure in June 2022.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

Green Car Congress

million gas-fueled motorcycles and tricycles are currently operating in the Philippines, typically serving as short-distance taxis, with the average tricycle driver earning less than $10 a day. E-Trike drivers will save upwards of $5 a day in fuel costs, and the new E-Trikes have the capacity to carry more passengers. million.

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India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

Electric Vehicles India

As there was no sufficient financial incentives for electric vehicles (BEVs) provided and the cost of electric vehicles and fast charging opportunity. In terms of incentive policies and total cost of ownership (TCO) since 2019, we will first discuss the policy and later on about the total cost of ownership. to €115, $13.8

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