Plan to increase popularity of electric cars stalls over subsidy snag - Times Online
No electric car that is available now, or for at least the next two years, will qualify for government grants of up to £5,000 announced yesterday. Even the handful of concept cars currently being tested may be ineligible because ministers insist

Citing global warming, health danger, EPA sets stage for new pollution - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits. The government took a major step in that direction Friday, concluding that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases “endanger public health and

Challenges to grow with electric cars’ sales: Aging grid needs to - PhysOrg
President Barack Obama and others are calling for a boom in electric vehicle production, which seems simple enough on the surface: Build the cars and plug them in. If only it were that easy. When a Chevrolet Volt is plugged into a 240-volt outlet, it

GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - PC Magazine
GM is in a heap of trouble these days, but you have to admire this one: the company is proposing an official standard for the electric plug connector on EVs. “In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in

Frost & Sullivan - Electric Vehicle Subsidy in the UK: Good Intentions - PR Newswire
LONDON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — The UK government subsidies to boost low-carbon transport will not be a significant cost for the Treasury, but at the same time they will not improve the UK’s carbon footprint in the first few years of its roll out

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Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits. The government took a major step in that direction Friday, concluding that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases “endanger public health and welfare” under

New pollution limits seen for cars, big plants - Journal Times
WASHINGTON - Cars, power plants and factories could all soon face much tougher pollution limits after a government declaration Friday setting the stage for the first federal regulation of gases blamed for global warming. The Environmental Protection