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Tesla Model S Electric Car: Simply The World's Coolest Taxi

Green Car Reports

What kind of taxis do you ride in? High-mileage Toyota Priuses or Ford Escape Hybrids? Our bet is that unless you''ve recently spent some time in Norway, you haven''t ridden in a Tesla taxi. Battered old Crown Vics?

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Fords US Hybrid Sales Up 73% for First 9 Months of 2009; Total US Hybrid Sales Down 14% for Same Period

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company’s US hybrid sales for the first nine months of 2009 are 73% higher than the same period in 2008, fueled by the introduction of hybrid versions of the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, which went on sale in March 2009. Hybrid customers increasingly are considering Ford. Earlier post.). of the total.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Green Car Congress

IDTechEx calculates that non-automotive EV sectors in 2021 demanded approximately 31 GWh globally in 2021; for reference, battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars demanded approximately 280 GWh globally in 2021. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

Push EVs

plugin hybrids (PHEVs). As we noted for the neighbouring Swedish market , plugless hybrids (HEVs) are now passée in Norway, such is the country’s advanced stage of the EV transition. times the volume of the runner up, Toyota BZ4X. April’s combined share of 91.1% comprised 83.3% full battery electrics (BEVs), and 7.8%

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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TATA Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, and a slew of other firms have begun to sell battery and hybrid electric vehicles in India. FAME, or “Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in India,” is a scheme that will provide a subsidy to 11 cities for the launch of electric buses, taxis, and e-rickshaws.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. According to Navigant Research, it’s not going to change soon.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Or No Cars?