Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2009

Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment. By restricting the cars that can be scrapped to those that are at least 10 years old the Government hopes to get “old bangers” off the road, and newer, less polluting alternatives out there.

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Green Scrappage CO2 Pollution 36

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? yay same plug!

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009 75

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45