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Mayor of London backs diesel car scrappage scheme; London ranked 9th best world city in new air quality study

Green Car Congress

The Mayor called this a brilliant opportunity to support the British car industry and promote the early uptake of ultra low emission vehicles. As reported in The Guardian , the Mayor told the Committee that: You could do a diesel scrappage scheme that would stimulate the market for cleaner vehicles.

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Scrappage scheme scrap ends

Green Cars News

Carmakers are back on board the scrappage scheme following yesterday’s fiasco which saw the like of Ford and Honda suspend their participation in the scheme while issues over VAT payments were cleared up. Tags: Ford Green credentials Honda incentive scrappage scheme suspend.

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

Green Car Congress

Reducing transport emissions which includes £100 million for new buses and retrofit, £50 million for a Plug In Taxi programme and £80 million for ULEV charging infrastructure. This includes investing nearly £100m in the UK’s charging infrastructure and funding the Plug In Car and Plug In Van Grant Schemes. 100M – National road network.

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Retrofitting three-wheeler to electric 

Electric Vehicles India

Taxi aggregators start-ups like (Ola, Uber, etc) are well established the importance and added cars to their products. Many industries and researchers have come up with retrofitted and hybrid versions of vehicles using a fuel cell compressed natural gas as well as electricity. Scrappage policy .

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric NZ

EVs are a technology that are now proven, are increasingly price competitive, and will be the future of the automotive industry. The domestic OEM industry can think differently, and look to Europe (particularly the UK) for new and used supply. It’s also worth noting that the global car industry is changing rapidly.