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Seattle boosted by green car grant

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Alternative fuel technologies have been embraced in Seattle, after the city was awarded a $1.4million grant from the US Department of Energy to enhance its fleet of green vehicles. Seattle also signed an agreement to be one of the first markets to introduce the Nissan LEAF back in April.

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Ontario to offer plug-in vehicle rebates

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Many local governments around the world have set some ambitious targets for the introduction of green cars, but few compare to the government of Ontario, which wants one out of every 20 vehicles to have electric drive by the year 2020. The government is also likely to provide Green Vehicle License Plates for plug-in vehicles.

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Electric shock for government plans

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million drivers are thinking about buying a vehicle powered solely by batteries. The poll results should be welcome news for the Department for Transport which last month announced an incentive scheme that would see grants of up to £5,000 being offered to purchasers of electric powered cars from 2011.

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Electric vehicle maker goes into administration

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Electric vehicles may be on the verge of widespread commercial success, but that hasn’t stopped one high profile electric vehicle maker from falling by the wayside. On March 4, 2011, RK Grant, SJ Appell and AC O’Keefe of Zolfo Cooper were appointed [.].