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TLC needed: Can cars like the G-Wiz still have a purpose in life?

Green Cars News

They’ll charge up from empty to full in a little under eight hours from a standard household o[.]. They have a funny name, massive door seals (so designed to hide a panel gap big enough to drive a bus through) and a top speed approaching 50 mph on a good day. Electric cars Weekly Column'

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

Green Car Congress

0 g/km for EV. Max 75 g/km for PHEV. crash tested to acceptable international standards (namely, i) A tailored protocol based on EuroNCAP ii) Compliance with crash testing regimes in other developed international markets of similar stringency to Europe; for example USA, Japan, Korea etc). Area Criterion. Vehicle type.

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New Tazzari electric car arrives in the UK

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Italian firm Tazzari has launched a new electric car which will be exclusively distributed in the UK by GoinGreen, the company which brought you the G-Wiz. The new Tazzari EM1 is an urban crossover type vehicle which complies with full M1 passenger car standards, meaning it should not be hampered by safety concerns like the [.].

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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

Green Car Congress

The current model, REVAi, marketed in the UK as G-Wiz i, has a range of up to 80 km and a top speed of 80 km/h. The new lithium-ion powered REVA L-ion, announced in January, goes into production in May and offers improved acceleration, a range of 120 km, six hours standard charge and a one hour fast charge to 90%.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

Plugs and Cars

India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. The i-MIEV would make available for the first time in the UK a full-function, highway-capable electric car, if still very small by American standards. Tags: mitsubishi congestion charge ken livingstone g-wiz times of london i-miev mega city.

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

Green Cars News

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. Citroen C1 lease prices Citroen C1 new and nearly new prices. Read the full Citroen C1 ev’ie road test.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com

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