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UK announces 10 million electric vehicle support package, 100 for "greener motoring"

How much money will it take for the UK to reach a critical mass with electric vehicles? A lot, and the Brits are on it. The Department for Transport has announced a large £100 million commitment over five years to greener motoring in the UK. Of this, £10 million is specified to bring 100 EVs to British towns and cities and to generate "up to 10,000 new British jobs and help preserve many thousands more." The DfT is certainly spreading the job creation/retention news on thick, but that's to be expected and is not unreasonable. ... Read more →

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation from DfT now in effect Jeremy Korzeniewski

The U.K. has been planning on requiring 2.5 percent of all road fuels sold to come from biofuels, rising to 5 percent by 2010, as part of a plan known as the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ...

UK invests 8 million on new transport technology research Sebastian Blanco

FREEFLOW, Foot-LITE and User Innovation. These three items make up the UK's Department for Transport short list of ways to "improve transport services." To varying degrees, each of the three tries to ...

UK gov't wants a better understanding of biofuels' indirect impacts Sebastian Blanco

Want to know more about the effects of biofuels on the environment, especially all those indirect effects, the ones that aren't obvious and somewhat hard to calculate? Well, so does the UK's ...

UK announces 10 million electric vehicle support package, 100 for "greener motoring" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How much money will it take for the UK to reach a critical mass with electric vehicles? A lot, and the Brits are on it. The Department for Transport has announced a large £100 million commitment over five years to greener motoring in the UK. Of this, £10 million is specified to ...

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation from DfT now in effect 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The U.K. has been planning on requiring 2.5 percent of all road fuels sold to come from biofuels, rising to 5 percent by 2010, as part of a plan known as the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). The time has finally come for that plan to commence, as April 15 marked its official start. ...

UK invests 8 million on new transport technology research 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

FREEFLOW, Foot-LITE and User Innovation. These three items make up the UK's Department for Transport short list of ways to "improve transport services." To varying degrees, each of the three tries to green up transporting people while making the transport easier and more comfortable. The three ...

UK gov't wants a better understanding of biofuels' indirect impacts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want to know more about the effects of biofuels on the environment, especially all those indirect effects, the ones that aren't obvious and somewhat hard to calculate? Well, so does the UK's Department for Transport , which has asked the UK's Renewable Fuels Agency to prepare a report on this topic ...


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