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UK’s target to become the world’s leading country of green vehicle development has just been given a much-needed boost. Smith Electric Vehicles - the maker of world-renowned Newton electric truck - has partnered with Gateshead College to launch an apprenticeship dedicated to electric car production.
16 students will be offered an intensive 4-year apprenticeship program specialising in electric vehicles. After the completion of the course, the students will
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According to the Scottish branch of the WWF website, the highlanders are planning to replace 10% (290,000 units) of petrol cars with battery electric vehicles by 2020. The plan is to reduce Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions by 42% and driving green cars should make a great contribution towards that goal. If you ask me, I’m a wee bit sceptical about this matter.
Two issues have to be considered. One is to persuade 290,000 Scots to scrap their petrol cars and the other one is to support the electric car movement with …
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The famous satnav manufacturer TomTom has compiled a list of the busiest European cities. They know a thing or two about traffic jams because they’ve got a wealth of data at the very fingertips. According to TomTom the “jammiest” city in Europe is Brussels. Congratulations! Electric-Car-News would like to offer Brussels another prize for having the highest number of bureaucrats per-capita. The biggest surprise for me is Poland who has managed to secure two positions in the
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There was WalMart… then they came to England and created ASDA. Like it or not but it is there, wherever you go. Another American retail giant is coming to Britain and bringing good news for electric car fans.
Best Buy electronics store will be the first retail outlet to offer electric cars to public. Now you’re probably thinking: how come we never thought about it? Yep! That was my first reaction too.
Best Buy are known in the US for their friendly “try before you buy” approach. It promises to
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The EU wouldn’t be EU if they didn’t come up with another scheme to justify their existence. According to Brussels, standardisation is required for the electric car market to work. What they want is a standard charger across Europe. According to the EU, the main reason to introduce standard is that the US and Asia are already developing their standards.
It will come as an extra strain on electric car makers as they are already struggling to master something that doesn’t exist yet - the electric car
