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Green Automotive Company to Acquire Going Green Limited, biggest retailer of EVs in Europe

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Going Green, doing business under the brand name “GoinGreen,” has sold more than 1400 G-Wiz electric vehicles, making it Europe’s largest single retailer of electric vehicles and generating annual revenues in excess of $1 million. GoinGreen has accumulated more than 60 million miles of electric vehicle user experience.

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UK Government Announces £5,000 Grants Towards Purchase of Electric Drive Vehicles and First Plugged-in Places

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0 g/km for EV. Max 75 g/km for PHEV. Min range 70 miles (113 km) EV. Min electric range 10 miles (16 km) PHEV. Warranty, vehicle: 3 years or 75,000 miles (120,000 km). This [new grant scheme] is now a disincentive for anyone looking at buying the quadricycle type of electric vehicles [such as its G-Wiz].

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Sales of EVs in UK Plummeted 90% in 2009 Compared to Peak in 2007

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Nearly half of the electric vehicles sold last year were the tiny G-Wiz car. The latest model has a top speed of 50mph and a range of 48 miles between charges.Although sales of all new cars fell sharply in 2009 due to the recession, the drop in new registrations for electric cars was around eight times higher.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

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India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. Tags: mitsubishi congestion charge ken livingstone g-wiz times of london i-miev mega city. The policy, which exempts electric cars from hefty daily taxation, is resulting in increasingly significant vehicle choices for English consumers.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Coda popped onto the electric-vehicle stage in June 2009 as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, a maker of electric light trucks in China. The Whip is a two-seater that can travel at a top speed of 35 mph for 40 miles per charge; it sells for around $19,000. The top speed of the Revai, sold as the G-Wiz in the U.K.,

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

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There’s a lot of scepticism about electric cars, not helped by the fact that the most commonplace model in the UK is the GoinGreen G-Wiz – which is less an electric car, more of a quadricylcing accident waiting to happen. Read the full Citroen C1 ev’ie road test.

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GM teams with Reva to develop electric car

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The car maker will develop the car in conjunction with Reva, the manufacturer of electric vehicles, best known for its G-Wiz models in the UK. US car giant GM is to develop and market a small, cheap electric car for the Indian market.

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