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Mitsubishi Motors to promote EVs with Hsinchu County in Taiwan

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The Hsinchu County government will introduce the i-MiEVs at the Taiwan High Speed Rail line’s Hsinchu Station as a taxi. In addition, MMC is in cooperation with numerous governments in their EV popularization initiatives, including the Republic of Monaco, Iceland, Denmark, Singapore and Thailand.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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That’s around 16 times the GHG emissions of Iceland at that time, or the equivalent gas emissions of over 11 million vehicles in one year. The induction technology involved uses charging plates installed in the road at taxi ranks which link to receivers installed within the taxi, making charging more efficient.

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Bans, Fees, Taxes. Can Anything Stop Overtourism?

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If 2024 was the year in which concerns about overtourism achieved a critical mass in places around the globe, sparking protests from Amsterdam to the Canary Islands , and triggering new regulations from Iceland to Indonesia , it was also the year in which it became clear just how complicated reducing tourism, once it is unleashed, can be.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. There are at least 31 countries and U.S. states with fossil fuel car bans in place. This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025. In 2020, 70 per cent of new vehicle sales in Norway were EV.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. 6TH PLACE: ICELAND, 58 POINTS (TIED FOR 7TH IN 2019) Claim to fame: sparse schmarse , just look at them numbers! Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses.

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