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UK Electricity Prices compared to Europe

EV Info

Ireland and Great Britain topped the list of most expensive residential electricity prices in Europe last month, according to the Household Energy Price Index (Hepi). The cost of electricity, including taxes, was 48.94 c€/kWh in London in the index, which compared prices in capital cities across Europe.

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Electric company car tax explained

Drive Electric

The UK government slashed electric company car tax, instantly making EVs much more attractive for businesses and employees. Here we take a look at what company car tax is, what’s changed, and how it compares between different types of cars. What is company car tax? How much is company car tax? Company Car Tax bands.

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

The Truth About Cars

However, formal congestion pricing didn’t come up until former mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested taxing vehicles for entering the busiest parts of NYC in 2007. Citing London as its blueprint, the scheme was limited to traffic making its way downtown below 60th Street. Also opposing congestion pricing is the NYC taxi alliance.

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BMW-Sixt car-sharing JV DriveNow launches in London; 30 i3s coming in 2015

Green Car Congress

DriveNow, the carsharing joint venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE ( earlier post ), has launched its flexible carsharing service in London. DriveNow furthermore intends to add 30 all-electric BMW i3 cars to the London fleet in spring 2015, expanding it to a total of 300 vehicles during the course of next year.

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Indonesian official says current nickel price will benefit miners, smelters – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Indonesian miners and smelters are still making good margins despite the price drop linked to higher nickel processing, and will benefit further from the shift as lower prices support the country’s battery industry, a senior official said on Thursday. “Profitability for miners, smelters, is still okay,” he said.

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LSE report concludes UK carbon tax would do nothing to reduce European-wide greenhouse gas emissions

Green Car Congress

The UK Government is currently consulting on a carbon floor price or tax which would mean that UK electricity companies would have to pay extra for the carbon they emit. Until now power generators have been exempt from the Climate Change Levy, the closest thing that the UK has to a carbon tax. Fankhauser.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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While Russia holds significant leverage in influencing oil and gas prices, it pales in comparison to China’s position in several strategic industries critical to the energy transition, says report author Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and materials at the Baker Institute. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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