Paris city bikes go electric
Ten years after Paris launched the wildly popular Velib bicycle-sharing scheme, the grey two-wheelers that have spawned imitators worldwide are getting a makeover. On Wednesday, the City of Paris unveiled
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European Parliament votes to improve fuel efficiency of new cars
The European Parliament's Environment Committee today voted for new cars sold to achieve an average fuel economy of 95g per kilometre, or 3.9 litres per 100km, by 2020 from the current 130 grams. To
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Mahindra Reva launches all-electric car in Chandigarh
Mahindra Reva, country's electric vehicle pioneer, part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahindra Group, today unveiled its all-electric, zero-emission 'Mahindra e2o'in Chandigarh which would be available at a
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Tracking clean energy progress 2013
The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in
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Global EV outlook: understanding the electric vehicle landscape to 2020
The Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have launched the Global EV Outlook representing two years of data gathering and analysis of electric vehicle stock/sales
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Call for 'green badges' and free parking for electric cars
Parking charges exemption and removing yellow and red line restrictions will improve take-up, thinktank says Electric car owners should be allowed to park on yellow and red lines, and park for free,
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Mahindra Reva to launch electric car e20
Mahindra Reva, a part of the Mahindra Group, today said that it will launch its new generation electric vehicle, e2o, in the middle of this month. While the price of the electric car is yet to be announced,
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Estonia launches national electric car charging network
Estonia's reputation as one of the most wired-up countries in Europe has been boosted further with the opening of what is being billed as the world's first nationwide electric car charging network.
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India named least green country for electric cars
Coal-dependent power generation sees India bottom of a ranking for emissions from electric cars, with Paraguay top Paraguay is the greenest place on earth to make and drive an electric car, according
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U.S. backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015
The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday eased off President Barack Obama's stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy
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EU needs more electric, hybrid cars to reach carbon goals: study
The European Union needs a leap in the number of electric and hybrid cars on the road over the next decade to succeed in cutting auto carbon emissions significantly by 2025, a British consulting firm found.