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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions

Green Car Congress

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. . transportation sector. automotive and energy industries. automotive and energy industries.

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UK AA president says millions of second cars could be electric

Green Car Congress

At last week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference in the UK—prior to the Battersea Formula E Grand Prix run over the weekend—Edmund King, the UK AA’s (Automobile Association) president argued that millions of second cars in households could relatively easily be electric vehicles. Slightly less concerned about charging time.

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Motorists to get £5,000 electric car subsidies

Green Cars News

Motorists will be offered grants up to £5,000 towards the cost of a new ‘ultra-low carbon car’, the Government has confirmed. Similar in form to the soon-to-expire Government scrappage scheme, the [.].

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How the Budget affects green car drivers

Green Cars News

According to his plans, vehicles that are aged over 10 years old and have been driven by motorists for more than 12 months will be worth £2,000 when traded in for a new car as part of the Government’s new scrappage scheme which takes much of its inspiration from a highly successful format in Germany.

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US cash for clunkers scheme ends

Green Cars News

The US car scrappage scheme know as the ‘cash for clunkers’ plan will end next week after the funds ran out. The scheme has not been without controversy though; one UC Davis transportation economist Christopher Knittel criticized the scheme as a costly way to reduce carbon emissions.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric NZ

EVs will drive down the costs of owning a vehicle and give New Zealand more energy independence. A vehicle scrappage scheme. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future. A social leasing programme. About Drive Electric.

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LPG on the rise again as petrol tops £1 a litre mark

Green Cars News

Adding further fuel to the AA’s report today that over a quarter of motorists are using their cars less as a result of the unreliable market, Proton is championing LPG as a cost and carbon-cutting way to drive. For the average motorist driving 12,000 miles a year, this equates to a saving of around £670.

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