Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today. There are also proposals to tighten the standards for the London-wide Low Emission Zone from 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Metz and Janelle London finds that state vehicle electrification mandates can withstand legal challenges based on federal preemption if they are based solely on reasons for transitioning to electric vehicles that are within the state's authority. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner. The paper by Matthew N.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has committed an additional £5 million (US$8 million) funding to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to help improve air quality in the capital. The funding is for a program of localized measures designed to improve London’s air quality and help compliance with legally binding European targets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It comes at a time when there is increasing focus on emissions and air quality, following vehicle certification irregularities and legal actions against European countries for air quality violations in cities. Professor Martin Williams – Air Quality Scientist, King’s College London.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

The report, Europe’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation , examines European parking over the last half century, through the prism of ten European cities: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Strasbourg and Zurich. The report found: Parking is increasingly linked to public transport.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 11, 2007

The British Government is attempting to strangle the electric car baby in its London cradle. The small, 45mph zero-emission vehicles have found a ready market in London - 850 sold so far - where electrics are exempt from the stiff daily congestion charge for driving in central London.

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

A scheme that involves the public dipping into their pockets every day is rarely greeted with enthusiasm, but the success of the London Congestion Charge has silenced most of its critics. Currently, only alternative fuel vehicles are exempt from the London Congestion Charge. Is the congestion charge unfair?

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