Madrid bans ICE cars from city centre in favour of EVs – from next month
Madrid is implementing a plan that will see its central city streets rid of air polluting petrol and diesel-fueled cars from late next month.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
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Vision Australia says one third of blind people have been hit, or had near miss, with EVs or hybrids
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Big property investors not ready for impending autonomous vehicle revolution
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Denmark to ban petrol, diesel car sales by 2030 – push EV uptake
Denmark joins global push to EVs with 2030 ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars, and plans for EV tax breaks and other incentives.
Israel unveils plans to go 100 per cent electric by 2030
From 2030, Iraelis can either go electric or go elsewhere, as government announces stop to sales of new petrol or diesel cars from that date.
Australian government opens new office for future of transport
New office of mobility to focus on safety aspects of autonomous transport rather than emissions.