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Sri Lanka Aims To Reach 500,000 Electric Tuk-Tuks

CleanTechnica EVs

There’s something lovable and adorable about tuk-tuks. But my goodness, they sure can be dirty vehicles — in terms of the pollution they emit. The great thing they have going for them is that they’re small and should be easy to electrify. Naturally, most of us don’t see tuk-tuks in our everyday life. However, there […]

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases.