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Victoria Begins Major 5-Year Electric Vehicle Trial

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About 60 vehicles will be used in the trial and have been provided by Blade Electric Vehicles, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Nissan and EDay Life. Most of the vehicles will be small passenger cars, placed into households and commercial and government fleets. used in freight fleets. million) trial. Earlier post.). —Premier Brumby.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. The Emissions Reduction Plan released today confirms the future of mobility in New Zealand will be electric. This may happen faster than you might think.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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Today’s announcement signals our intent to reduce our dependence on petrol- and diesel-based engines, and determine the best practical alternatives. With support from Scottish and Southern Energy, a fleet of prototype Ford Focus BEVs will be used by both the energy company and evaluation drivers based in Hillingdon, Middlesex.

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Four i-MiEVs join Transport for London Fleet

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Transport for London (TfL) added four Mitsubishi i-MiEVs into its fleet as part of Mayor Boris Johnson’s plans to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe. The majority of the 1,000 electric vehicles for the GLA fleet will be used by the Metropolitan Police Service. Earlier post.).

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An interview with Toyota

Green Cars News

A: Our philosophy is simple: whether you choose petrol, diesel or hybrid, each new vehicle should squeeze the best possible performance out of the least possible fuel. For the next few decades, petrol and diesel will continue to be the mainstream automotive fuels. Q: Toyota focuses on hybrids with a few electric cars in the pipeline.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps. No single vehicle does it all even in todays petrol world. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly. that my day to day car cant solve. When you need to haul.