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Battery leasing for electric vehicles removes the uncertainty of battery durability and replacement cost(13/05/2011)
According to Glass’s figures released at a RAC Foundation event last week, battery leasing for electric vehicles could provide whole life costs superior to other commercial approaches. The report compared values for an EV with the battery included, an EV with a leased battery and a range-extender EV. The values show that the Nissan Leaf, the purchase cost of which includes the battery, retains 35 percent of its value after three years and 36,... [more]
Two in five British drivers support 20mph speed limit in city streets(24/04/2008)
Two in five British drivers – around 12 million people - would welcome a 20mph speed limit on their city’s streets according to a survey by Motorpoint, despite warnings from the RAC Foundation that drivers would not accept a blanket speed limit in towns and cities. Portsmouth has just become the first authority to apply a citywide 20mph maximum after the proposal to cut the urban limit by a third featured in proposals to the Government from th... [more]
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