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

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The report concludes, and Commissioner Wright emphasizes in an overview of the report, that if biofuels are to play a significant role in New Zealand’s energy future, then drop-in synthetic diesel made from wood is the pathway on which the country should concentrate. Commissioner Wright.

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Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

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While technical development of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is proceeding—driven by an industry than sees their potential as the future of personal transport—market success will rely on a number of infrastructural improvements and early agreement on standards and protocols, the report says.

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Will China win the electric car race? The Green Piece

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Last week the company announced that it would bring its five-seat E6 electric car in small numbers to the US next year. However, anyone who thinks that this is just another upstart company looking for its big break needs to re-evaluate – because it’s clear that China means business in the green car race.

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The Climate Change Caravan

Revenge of the Electric Car

We also have one waste vegetable oil van, one sustainably harvested jatropha fuel truck and one solar-roofed diesel car that charges laptops and cameras. With a loud flag-off by the CEO of Reva electric cars in Bangalore, I zipped out of the city and onto the newly constructed national highway.

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Electric cars face energy duty tax, predicts BMW

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Electricity used to fuel cars will eventually be taxed just like fossil fuels currently are-that is the prediction from BMW’s British sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson. Tags: BMW Electric cars Cars duty electric fuel Ian Robertson tax.

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Four i-MiEVs join Transport for London Fleet

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The breaching of the EU levels after just six months will embarrass the government, which was sent a final warning only three weeks ago from the European commission to improve air quality. TfL intends to purchase up to 120 electric vehicles by 2015. By the end of this year, TfL will have up to 10 electric vehicles in its fleet.

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Electric shock for government plans

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As many as a fifth of Britain’s 34 million motorists are planning to buy an electric car within the next five years or would consider doing so. Commenting on the findings, the director of the RAC Foundation Professor Stephen Glaister said: “What the Government is in danger of doing is putting the cart before the horse. .