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Norwegian shipping industry pursuing battery-powered ships

Green Car Congress

The first four hybrid vessels will start to sail in 2013/14. In 2015, these will be followed by the world’s largest electric ferry, which will regularly cross Norway’s largest fjord. Some 120 managers representing the entire maritime cluster gathered at a DNV seminar last week. Hybrid systems will reduce energy consumption.

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Plug’n Drive launches $1,000 incentive to scrap a gas car PLUS $1,000 towards a Used EV

Plug N Drive

The Scrappage Incentive is in addition to the Used EV Incentive program that launched in April 2019, which provides $1,000 off the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric car. This program is being offered to encourage drivers to make the switch to low carbon transportation and reduce air pollution.