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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Clean energy investment retreated in 2012 despite China surge
Clean energy investment slid 11 per cent last year after governments in industrial nations slashed subsidies for technologies ranging from wind turbines to solar power and biomass. The $US268.7 billion
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Global electric vehicle web portal launched
Policy makers and practitioners are being encouraged to share advice on electric transport around the world, through the launch of a new web portal. Created by the Clean Energy Ministerial's Electric
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The clean development mechanism: a field guide for transport projects
Strategy 2020 and Sustainable Transport Initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) acknowledge prioritize the role of transport sector in climate change and vice-versa in transport. The Clean Development
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National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020
This lays the targets and provides industry vision for realizing the huge potential that exists for full range of efficient and environmentally friendly electric vehicle (including hybrids) technologies by 2020.
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Pollution control body for ban on diesel vehicles in Delhi
The Government today informed the Lok Sabha that the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has recommended that there is need to ban diesel vehicles in Delhi to prevent the emission
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German carmakers seek wider EU loophole on CO2 standard
German car manufacturers are seeking to widen a loophole in EU regulations that would allow them to produce more cars with carbon emissions above a 2020 EU target. EU car manufacturers are divided over
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GM aims to build 500,000 electric-technology vehicles a year
General Motors Co aims by 2017 to buld up to 500,000 vehicles a year that include some form of electric power in the engine, including cars like the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, a top executive said
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change: evidence from the auto industry
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? This paper construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between “dirty” and “clean” (e.g. electric and
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Alternatives to biofuels: renewable energy in transport without crop based biofuels
The UK could meet its 10% transport obligations under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) without the use of current land‐based biofuels, or indeed any land‐based crops or trees. This is partly due
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UK needs more ambitious electric car grant scheme: MPs
Britain needs a more ambitious programme to encourage the uptake of low-carbon vehicles, as sales of the cars have disappointed, a committee made up of UK Members of Parliament said on Thursday. As