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Vietnam’s Electric Two-Wheelers

CleanTechnica EVs

Vietnam ranks fourth in Asia (behind China, India, and Indonesia) for the use two-wheelers (motorcycles and mopeds) for transport. The majority of these are petrol powered and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.

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McLaren takes hybrid approach to super EVs

EV Central

In markets like Thailand and Vietnam, they even have a hybrid tax benefit. There does seem to be an acceptance at McLaren that a fully electric future is inevitable, although small-volume super car makers are hoping for exceptions that will allow them to sell small numbers of wildly irresponsible petrol-powered cars for a while yet.

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Skoda Auto celebrates 25 years in India

Baua Electric

The sedan was launched in 2001 in the premium D-segment and was instantly popular for its driving dynamics and peppy petrol and diesel engines. The automaker recently made its way into Vietnam with the cars exported from the manufacturing facility in India.

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OLA Electric's huge scooter factory - India's own Gigafactory

Plug In India

Regarding demand, Mr Bhavish said that the 2 wheeler market is under penetrated in India, and countries like Vietnam use more two wheelers per capita than India. I mean why would you buy a noisy pollution causing dumb petrol scooter from these dinosaur companies over the high tech, software driven Ola App scooter? Ride electric!

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Or shift gear to electrified vehicles.