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Buyers Get Money Towards Purchasing Electric Cars in UK

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Buyers Get Money Towards Purchasing Electric Cars in UK

Photo: indianblogs Buyers of some electric cars will be given up to £5,000 ($7,800) towards their purchase. With its new £43M plan to encourage people to drive electric and low-carbon cars, the government has announced that buyers of 9 models of cars will be rewarded with a subsidy worth a quarter of the price of the car, in some cases. The winners are: the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Smart fortwo electric drive, the Peugeot iO… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Frank Gehry Recants Earlier Rants, Goes Green

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credits: Isaac Brekken, mikel.puga In March we noted how Frank Gehry appeared to be a climate skeptic and was not fond of LEED; we followed up with coverage of the architectural bunfight his words started. But in a long interview with Abby Leonard of PBS’s Need to Know , Frank recants, does a few mea culpas and clarif… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Own Any Mode of Transportation? Peugeot’s Mu Covers Them All

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Peugeot started building bicycles in 1882 and cars in 1890, so they have a bit of a history in different modes of transportation. TreeHugger has been excited about car-sharing setups like zipcar and bike-sharing systems like Velib; product service systems like this let people have transportation when you need it rather than owning it when you don’t. Now Peugeot takes it one step further with “Mu”; They will supply you with anything you need, from a bicycle to a scooter to a car to a van, with options like child seats and rooftop boxes. It is coming to the UK next month, and the Telegraph looks at the pluses and minuses…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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