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Vietnam’s Richest Man Is Launching an Ambitious—and Controversial—Gambit to Sell Americans Electric Cars Electric Car

Vietnam’s Richest Man Is Launching an Ambitious—and Controversial—Gambit to Sell Americans Electric Cars

On northern Vietnam’s Red River Delta, the world’s most ambitious electric-vehicle (EV) upstart occupies a factory complex fringed with mango trees and palms. Outside VinFast’s plant by the port city of Haiphong, fishermen in conical hats still plumb mudflats for grass carp and tilapia; inside, each car negotiates an overhead…
bubmag
July 22, 2022
More waivers, extra charging stations in effort to speed take up of electric cars Electric Car

More waivers, extra charging stations in effort to speed take up of electric cars

Jonathon Papadopoulo charging his Nissan Leaf. Picture: Elesa Kurtz A stamp duty waiver for zero-emission vehicles will be extended to cover second-hand models and the ACT government will overhaul planning rules to ensure new apartment buildings can charge electric cars. Jasper Lindell joined the Times in 2018. He is a…
bubmag
July 20, 2022
Pete Buttigieg says the more pain people feel at the pump, the more benefit there is to those with ‘access to’ electric cars Electric Car

Pete Buttigieg says the more pain people feel at the pump, the more benefit there is to those with ‘access to’ electric cars

Here’s Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg admitting out loud what the entire Biden administration has been suggesting from the start. We’re in a “transition” period from fossil fuels to renewables, and high gas prices are part of that transition. As with others in the administration, Buttigieg’s solution to those struggling to…
bubmag
July 20, 2022