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UK To Add 300,000 New EV Chargers By 2030

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By 2030, the UK wants 5 times more EV chargers than the number of petrol pumps it has today. An important part of the new policy is the inclusion of mandates that will allow EV drivers to make contactless payments for charging, compare pricing, and use apps to find EV chargers. There are around 30,000 EV chargers in the UK today.

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Dutch/Russian effort to commercialize new process to convert flared gas to gasoline via a DME pathway

Green Car Congress

To make petrol from gas, you want to minimize the number of unwanted substances like aromatics during the process and get close to the intended octane content. Russia is one of the countries where this gas-flaring occurs most and the government wants to stop to it. The benefits of this are manifold.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Unlike battery-powered electric vehicles, FCEVs can go over 500 kilometers on a full tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in 2-3 minutes, exactly like regular petrol/diesel cars. Why Fuel cells are Preferred? Unlike Lithium, hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe ( Lithium is the key component in electric vehicle batteries).

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. Introduction .

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs expect ICE dominance for some time; ICE downsizing and PHEVs to receive greatest investment over next 5 years; mobility-as-a-service in cities

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more than half of auto executives involved in the survey feel that battery electric vehicles will have the same driving range as their petrol-fueled equivalents within 6 years.”. Forty-one percent of executives taking part in the survey believe that government subsidies are needed if e-vehicles are to become affordable.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Instead, the focus over the coming years will apparently be on including the vehicle’s battery as part of a local home or office area network. The best part?

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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With EV call for slowing at house, and firms dealing with considerable import price lists in america in addition to a Ecu Union probe into Chinese language subsidies, automakers view the patch as a big enlargement alternative that, thus far, is in large part untapped. In the UAE, where the government sets petrol pricing higher at $3.43