Switzerland

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A little while back, some close friends suggested we use their holiday chalet in Switzerland, as it wasn’t being let outside the skiing season and was obviously not being used by anyone else. So not being ones to look a gift horse in the mouth, we immediately took them up on their very kind [...]

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Warren Buffett’s clean vehicle investment

Back in 2008, the clean vehicle world was given an electric jolt when it was revealed that the world’s greatest ever investor, Warren Buffett, had made his own major investment in low emission cars.

Buffett, advised by his legendary partner, Charlie Munger, took a stake in Hong-Kong listed company BYD, a leading Chinese maker of rechargeable batteries [...]

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Nissan LEAF to hit UK in March 2011

Amid strong global demand for the world’s first affordable mass-produced, zero-emission vehicle, Nissan will open order books in the UK from 1st September.

The ordering process is a first step in securing a place on the list to receive the Nissan LEAF, and means Portuguese, Irish and UK customers will be first in line to receive the [...]

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European ministers to look at clean vehicle procurement

As part of the revision of the proposal for a Directive on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles, EU transport ministers are set to strengthen a draft law requiring public authorities across to take energy and environmental costs into account when buying road vehicles.

The plans are aimed at shifting procurement behaviour towards [...]

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Definition of Clean Vehicles

Clean vehicles are fuelled by renewable fuels or fossil fuels that are less pollutant than ordinary fuels, or use a technique which dramatically reduces pollution and [...]

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