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Electric cars cost more than their petrol equivalents. Could leasing, rather than buying, batteries make them a more compelling offering? More in our latest post.
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“Full-size electric cars cost significantly more than their petrol and diesel equivalents. Attempts to bring the costs down fall into two camps: some attempt to bypass the cost of the body, others the cost of the battery.”
Peter Henshaw on efforts to make electric cars more affordable.
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Congested city? How about congestion pricing? Nope? Our latest post looks at a couple of cities who aren’t so keen on congestion pricing proposals.
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“If you can pay to park your car in front of your house or office, why can’t you also pay to have a tree right there?” Well, now you can. This is brilliant!
What’s stopping you getting an electric car?
Our new post looks at some of the challenges affecting electric vehicle uptake. So what’s stopping you getting an electric car?
“In Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, auto share companies have exploded in popularity, attracting drivers who view cars as a way to get from A to B, and nothing more.”
Jane Armstrong on changing attitudes to car use.
「包括溫哥華、卡加利、多倫多、渥太華、蒙特婁，汽車租賃公司都頗受歡迎，在這些駕駛眼中，汽車只是從甲地到乙地的工具，別無其他意涵。」
Jane Armstrong論及加拿大民眾對汽車觀感逐漸改變。
Encouraging sustainable mobility. More on This Big City.
鼓勵永續行動力。更多內容請見《城事》。
Do cars make our cities worse?
Last week we published a post on the importance of reducing car use in cities. But do you think this should be our goal? Do cars make our cities worse?
先前《城事》曾發表文章，說明減少汽車使用量對於城市多麼重要，但我們該以此為目標嗎？汽車是否真的導致城市惡化？
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Red Squares Indicate Land that is 100% Dedicated to Parking in Midtown Atlanta
紅框區域全是美國亞特蘭大市中心的停車場。
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Electric vehicles are leaving the confines of the city and spreading across the UK. Read the full article on This Big City.
在英國，電動車已不再僅限於市區，即將遍布全國。全文請見《城事》。
“99.6% of all UK car journeys are less than 100 miles, which is within – or only a little above – the range of most modern Electric Vehicles.”
Roger East on the potential of more sustainable travel by car.
「英國99.6%的汽車車行距離都低於100英里，恰好在多數現代電動車的續航範圍內。」
Roger East關心汽車交通的永續方式。
“Delhi is in a position right now to radically rethink the way they deal with urban transportation issues, and they can do so before going so far as paving over the whole city. With smarter policy that works to shift the burden of providing parking from the government to the private sector, Delhi will see the true cost of parking surface.”
Lyndsey Scofield asks, is India evicting the wrong squatters? Read her article on This Big City.
「德里必須大幅改變處理都市交通議題的策略，再去重整市區，若能透過更有智慧的政策，將提供停車服務的責任轉移至民間，停車的真正成本才會浮現。」
- Lyndsey Scofield關心印度政府的交通策略。全文請見《城事》。
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Not a shoal of fish, but cars in flood.
不是魚群，是泰國水患中沒頂的車。
Cars are submerged in floodwaters at a Honda factory in Thailand.
Photo by Christophe Archambault / Getty
