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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

The car, intended to be a simple, practical global city car leveraging light-weight engineering, streamlining, and driveline efficiency, is scheduled to be unveiled in November 2015. Why a petrol car? To address this we are looking at ways to make personal transport as accessible and affordable as possible. Earlier post.)

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Testing the Rowwet electric scooter : Eleq

Plug In India

They have 4 models of electric scooters and also plan to launch some motorcycles. They have a global exclusivity arrangement with their Chinese suppliers for their model moulds. One of the dealer revenue models that was discussed for the Click batteries is to provide charging aka petrol bunks to the Rowwett gaddi owners.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Ownership Blog

Plug In India

But the main reason i got it was to be part of the global Electric Vehicle (EV) revolution and support the awesome guy - Chetan Maini. Also car manufacturers are not launching affordable electric cars. All it takes, is one startup like Strom or OLA electric to launch a small electric hatchback at affordable rates.

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London City Commuting: Why an EV makes sense

Drive Electric

The planet has finally awoken to the global climate crisis we’re facing. Thankfully, the UK Government has taken the crucial step of banning the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. EVs are far less reliant on these dirty fuels than petrol and diesel cars, especially when batteries are charged using renewable energy.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lutz is a man given to hyperbole — called global warming "a crock of shit" — but in this case, hes right. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. We need an economy electric car that we an afford, not that nonsense. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. billion" is needed to do what exactly?

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