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No Special Treatment When It Comes To ICE Ban, Ethiopia Tells Diplomats — They Can Only Buy EVs, Just Like Everybody Else!

August 24, 2024 admin africa, car bans, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ethiopia, ev mandates, gas car bans, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:12:34 +0000

Diplomats get a lot of special privileges all over the world, which must be nice, but there are no special privileges when it comes to allowing imports of new ICE vehicles in Ethiopia, it seems. When Ethiopia implemented an immediate ban on new internal combustion engine vehicle imports earlier this … [continued]

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UK Speeds Up ICE Vehicle Sales Ban (Again)

August 14, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, england, gas car bans, hybrid electric cars, phev, policy & politics, uk, uk ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:48:19 +0000

While some auto industry folks, some oil-soaked investors, and some tech-adoption laggards would love to believe the EV revolution is over and EV market share will stop growing, the fact is: the future is electric. EV sales continue to grow in most places (Germany’s policy chaos and EV market excluded), … [continued]

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Ethiopia Banning Non-Electric Car Imports

February 10, 2024 admin clean transport, diesel car bans, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ethiopia, gas car bans, policy & politics, zev mandates

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:02:52 +0000

Historically, less economically rich countries have been the “dumping ground” of older, “out of date” vehicles from Europe, the US, … [continued]

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Germany Threatens To Derail EU Green Deal Over Fossil Car Phaseout

March 6, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, diesel car bans, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gas car bans, GERMANY, policy & politics, policy research, research, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:27:01 +0000

The “Climate Chancellor” needs to draw a line between national disputes and what has already been agreed with Germany’s international partners.

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Sweden Takes Another Step Toward Freedom From Fossil Fuels

February 3, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, gas car bans, policy & politics, Sweden, sweden gas car ban

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:00:35 +0000

Gasoline and diesel vehicle bans became all the rage for a while a few years ago. One country after another announced plans or potential plans to stop selling fossil fuel vehicles by a certain year — 2030, 2040,

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London Launching A 100% Zero-Emissions Street

January 11, 2020 admin cars, cities, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, gas car bans, london, policy & politics, uk, zero-emissions streets

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:57:57 +0000

When we examine the electric vehicle market and forecast electric vehicle growth, we often think of automaker plans, battery investments, how many models they’re rolling out, etc. What we don’t often consider is how strong city and country policies are going to get to push people to go electric. Several countries have announced plans for gas car bans, and some cities have done the same. Such policies can accelerate EV sales growth perhaps more than anything else