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Electric cars 'cheaper than conventional vehicles by 2022'
2016-02-25 03:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Electric cars will be cheaper to own than conventional cars by 2022, according to a new report. The plummeting cost of batteries is key in leading to the tipping point, which would kickstart a mass market for electric vehicles, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) analysts predict. The large-scale roll-out of electric vehicles (EVs) is seen as vital in both cutting the carbon emissions that drive climate change and in dealing with urban air pollution, which leads to many premature deaths every...
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Honda aims for green cars to make up two-thirds of line-up by 2030
2016-02-24 10:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) on Wednesday said it aimed for new-energy vehicles to account for two-thirds of its line-up by 2030 from around 5 percent now, as increasingly stringent global emissions regulations prompt automakers to make greener cars. Japan's third-biggest automaker by sales said in its latest strategy update that its petrol-battery hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) would collectively outnumber its petrol-only offerings in less than 15 years'...
LG & Intel partner to develop and pilot 5G telematics technology for next generation cars
2016-02-23 12:56:21| Green Car Congress
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VW May Be Forced to Clean the Air Its Diesel Cars Polluted
2016-02-22 22:11:00| Automakers - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG may have to do more than fix half-a-million cars implicated in an emissions-cheating scandal: It also could be forced to undo the environmental damage. Environmental and consumer groups are pushing the federal government to consider a long list of possible reparations, from a VW-funded program to build the infrastructure to power electric cars to high fines to cleaning up five times the amount of pollution released by the dirty diesel engines.
Koch brothers is launching a new, multimillion dollar group to fight the rise of electric cars
2016-02-22 15:03:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As a surprise to absolutely no one, those who personally benefit from the success of fossil fuel industries are again scrambling to fight large scale progress toward cleaner energy. Recently it was revealed that the Koch brothers are a part of a plan to create a new group whose mission is to increase pro-petroleum transportation propaganda - by funneling $10 million per year into it - and to try and undo governmental electric vehicle subsidies.
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