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Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022

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This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 additional electric buses. Today nearly half of the Moscow e-bus fleet has been financed by green bonds. Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the surface public transport operator in 2021. Most of them will be purchased with the funds from the green bonds.

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Tesla tweaks financing product with best resale value guarantee and lower monthly payments

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In response to critiques of the first version of its financing program introduced early in April ( earlier post ), Tesla Motors has raised the Model S resale value guarantee to be the highest of any premium sedan brand made in volume (excludes rare, low volume or limited edition vehicles). —Tesla Co-founder & CEO Elon Musk.

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Daimler starts production of new smart fortwo electric drive; buy or lease the vehicle, rent the battery

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The new “sale&care model” offers customers an opportunity to buy, finance or lease the vehicle and to rent the battery for a monthly fee. Purchase, financing or leasing of the vehicle including the battery is also possible. Prices in Germany (including 19% VAT). smart fortwo electric drive.

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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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Broader collaboration among key stakeholders and a new generation of finance solutions will be needed to electrify trucks and buses at scale by 2050, according to a report released today by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), MJ Bradley and Vivid Economics. —“Financing the Transition”. —“Financing the Transition”.

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You Can Now Buy A New Tesla Model Y With 0.99% APR Financing! But How?…

CleanTechnica EVs

Yes, Tesla is offering a financing deal that’s hard to pass up. The company is offering 0.99% APR financing on a new Tesla Model Y! That’s a crazy-low financing option. continued] The post You Can Now Buy A New Tesla Model Y With 0.99% APR Financing! Wait, what’s going on — the.

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Park City Transit deploying six Proterra electric buses; battery-lease financing model

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The Park City region deployment not only marks the first battery-electric transit fleet for Utah and the nationwide mountain resort industry, it also represents the first implementation of Proterra’s battery-lease financing model—i.e., buy the bus, lease the battery.

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All the EVs you can buy with 0% financing in March 2025

Electrek

If that sounds like you, and youve been waiting for the interest rates on auto loans to drop, youre in luck: there are a bunch of great plug-in cars you can buy with 0% financing this March and that includes a zero percent Tesla deal !

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