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France issues 14 Commandments to speed up electric vehicle adoptions

The French minister for Environmental Alffairs, Jean-Louis Borloo, has found some stone tablets issued a set of 14 "commandments" for the successful introduction of electric vehicles in France. Borloo didn't hide the fact that he aims to make the French auto industry the leader in EV technologies, and this is how the French Goverment is going to help: Launch "enough" demonstration charging stations in 2010. Integrate EVs into all new city mobility plans. Help universities establishing battery development programs. Purchase up to ... Read more →

France to spend €2.5 billion to jump start EV deployment Sam Abuelsamid

The French government has announced a ten-year, €2.5 billion program to jump-start vehicle electrification in the country. Energy minister Jean-Louis Borloo said that the money would be ...

STUDY: "Range anxiety" not based on rational thinking Jeremy Korzeniewski

Conventional wisdom would tell you that an electric car with a range of 93 miles can be driven up to about, oh, 93 miles or so before needing to be recharged. Apparently, most drivers aren't ...

Amsterdam wants to be all-electric by 2040 Xavier Navarro

You might think that Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, couldn't be a more environmentally friendly city. Today, it's a city that has an incredibly high ratio of bike use in Europe and lots of canals, ...

Live in luxury and drive electric: Monaco to have nationwide EV charging network Xavier Navarro

OK, I admit that the term "nationwide" in the headline is a bit grandiose-sounding. After all, the Principality of Monaco is a really small country (just 1.95 km² or 0.76 sq mi). This is like ...


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