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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 say electric motorcycles can be […].

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Failure to equalise VAT on public charging a missed opportunity

My Energi

Plug-in grants will continue until at least 2025, however, for motorcycles, vans, taxis, trucks and wheelchair accessible vehicles. One such area is the development of through-street charging solutions, which use pavement channels to provide access to a home charger, despite being parked on-street. “If

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UK chooses to axe electric vehicle grant programs as popularity skyrockets

Teslarati

These include grants for trucks, taxis, vans, motorcycles, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles that will remain in place, for now, Yahoo reports. ” Furthermore, the DfT notes that future consumers should still look forward to the many tax incentives that still exist for EVs , as well as the lower cost of ownership generally.

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75th Anniversary of introduction of series-production diesel passenger car

Green Car Congress

Series production of the model 260 D commenced at the end of 1935, and the world’s first regular production diesel car was premiered in February 1936, at the International Motorcycle and Automobile Exhibition in Berlin. At the time, diesel fuel cost less than half the normal cost of gasoline for holders of a passenger transport licence.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Green Car Congress

Electric Air Taxis/ Electric Vertical Take-off & Landing (eVTOL) - The future of electric air taxis, or electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), is perhaps the most uncertain due to high regulatory barriers as well as technical. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021.

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Ford Ranger-based H2X Warrego hydrogen ute aimed at mid-2023 sale

EV Central

If all goes as planned, Norman says the Darling, which is intended to be built as a van, taxi and people-mover, should be in production and on sale at the end of 2024 or the start of 2025. . KTM Technologies, an affiliate of the eponymous motorcycle and sports car manufacturer, is developing the composite chassis for the Darling.

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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.