The US government wants to provide 73 billion dollars to electrify public transit buses, delivery trucks and other vehicles in the country. In total, the ‘Clean Transit For America Plan’ calls for replacing more than 155,000 commercial vehicles, from buses to vans.
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The US state of New York is following California’s example and ensuring that only zero-emission passenger cars and light commercial vehicles may be sold from 2035. By 2045, all new medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles in the US state are also to be electric.
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The Thai government will only allow purely electric vehicles to be sold from 2035 onwards. Along the way to this goal, the aim is also for electric vehicles to account for 50 per cent – and not 30 per cent as previously planned – of all new car registrations by the end of this decade.
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Today, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the New York Clean Transportation Prizes initiative offering up to $85 million through three competitions. New York State is looking for clean transportation solutions with a focus on underserved communities.
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) expects the available electric vehicle subsidies from the Californian Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to be exhausted within 30 days. This due to demand being even higher than expected.
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The Irish government will adjust its purchase incentives for electric vehicles as of 1 July 2021. While pure electric cars will continue to be subsidised with 5,000 euros, the subsidy for plug-in hybrids will be halved from the current 5,000 to 2,500 euros.
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New EU rules may help phase out plug-in hybrid vehicles sooner than some carmakers were speculating. Drafts for ‘Green Finance’ regulations to come into force this year, would ban manufacturers from labelling PHEVs as “sustainable investments” beyond 2025.
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The Brussels regional government has cut some red tape to speed up the planned installation of an additional 250 charging stations across the city. The time between the application and the installation of stations is to be reduced from the current six months to two months.
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After Spain’s government recently expanded the budget for its e-mobility subsidy programme Moves II from 100 to 120 million euros, the successor programme Moves III has now been officially presented and came into force today.
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A week after US President Joe Biden unveiled his two-trillion-dollar investment plan, details are emerging about the e-mobility investments it includes. A whopping $100 billion is to go towards purchase subsidies for electric cars and $15 billion towards building 500,000 charging stations.
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US President Joe Biden has now officially presented his two-trillion-dollar investment plan, with which he wants to fundamentally modernise the country’s infrastructure and stimulate economic growth.
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In order to support research into battery technology, the British government will support the BEV and FCEV supply chains with over £30 million of UK government funding. A total of 22 studies will receive a share of £9.4 million in order to research and develop different aspects of the EV battery economy.
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India is making plans to offer incentives for EV manufacturers as part of a broad auto sector scheme. The plan is to attract $14 billion of investment over five years, according to industry sources and a document seen by Reuters.
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The Romanian Ministry of Environment is doubling the budget for its Rabla Plus programme this year, which offers subsidies for the purchase of electric and hybrid cars, to the equivalent of around 82 million euros.
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The government of Luxembourg has extended its subsidy programme for electric vehicles by another twelve months until 31 March 2022. The purchase premium for pure electric cars will in future be linked to electricity consumption. For plug-in hybrids, support will only be available until the end of the year.
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Two Californian Democrat US Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein are putting pressure on President Joe Biden to enforce a fixed phase-out date for cars with combustion engines nationwide, following California’s example.
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Three projects in Wales, Northern Ireland and England aiming to create the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-powered buses will receive more than £54 million of funding from the UK government and industry. The projects are forecast to secure nearly 10,000 jobs across the UK.
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The governing US Democrats want to invest 500 billion dollars in infrastructure and public transportation electrification over the next ten years. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Elizabeth Warren drafted the ‘BUILD Green and Jobs Act’.
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The British government has cut its subsidies to purchase electric cars by 500 pounds per vehicle with immediate effect. It also lowered the price cap for eligible electric cars from £50,000 by £15,000 to now £35,000.
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In an open letter to the EU Commission, ChargeUp Europe, an association of European charging infrastructure providers, has called for a new stand-alone regulation for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The association says this should be separate from the existing directive for alternative fuels (DAFI).
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The British government today issued a major new bus strategy with a framework for “enhanced local partnerships” and a pledge to invest £3Bn (about €3.5Bn). The three-billion-pound package includes investments in 4,000 greener buses powered by electricity and hydrogen.
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German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier, his French colleague Bruno Le Maire and EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic wrote in a guest article demanding that by 2025, Europe should be able to produce enough battery cells each year to supply at least seven million electric cars.
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In a letter, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Malta, Ireland, Lithuania and Luxembourg call on the EU Commission to set a phase-out date for the sale of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with combustion engines in the EU that is in line with the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
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In the UK, innovative ideas for zero-emission vehicles could benefit from a share of a £20 million funding pot announced by the British Department for Transport today. The DfT plans to launch a research and development competition in the field of e-mobility.
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Singapore will not allow diesel-powered cars and taxis to be registered from 2025 onwards, five years ahead than previously scheduled.
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Between 2021 and 2026, the Canadian government wants to invest a total of 2.75 billion dollars (around 1.8 billion euros) in the promotion of all-electric buses, including school buses and their charging infrastructure. The measure is part of a public transport funding offensive.
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The Spanish government has expanded the budget for its Moves II subsidy programme from 100 to 120 million euros. In the course of the programme, the purchase of electric cars will be subsidised by up to 5,500 euros. The following programme Moves III will be endowed with at least 400 million euros.
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The Serbian capital Belgrade is aiming to invest a total of 5.2 billion euros by 2030 together with private stakeholders to reduce CO2 emissions and improve air quality. In doing so, the metropolis is also focusing on the electrification of the transport sector.
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Democratic members of Congress have introduced a detailed climate policy bill that also addresses electric mobility. Several billion dollars are to flow into support programmes for charging infrastructure every year, according to the bill.
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The Delhi government has ordered its departments to replace all hired ICEs with electric vehicles within the next six months. Local media reports the campaign as part of the ‘Switch Delhi’ initiative.
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