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Pike forecasts NEV market to remain small, although with double the growth rate of light-duty vehicles to 2017

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Annual worldwide NEV sales by region, 2011–2017. The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. between 2011 and 2017.

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

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As outlined by the President, the proposal relies upon tax reform for about half of its funding—i.e., closing some tax loopholes and changing how businesses are taxed, resulting in about $150 billion. The full proposal will be outlined in the President’s FY2015 Budget Request to Congress. 2014 TIGER NOFA.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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The ReachNow Ride scheduling feature will be widely available to members in early 2017. ReachNow Fleet Solutions for residential buildings will begin at The Solaire, a LEED Gold Certified building, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood on 8 Dec. This expanded ReachNow Reserve service will begin in Seattle in early 2017.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

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& "The amount of graphite needed to feed those gigafactory beasts is in the neighborhood of a million tons per year, and the current capacity is zero in North America at commercial scale," John DeMaio, president of Graphex Group, a graphite processor with roots in Hong Kong, told Automotive News in the relevant report.

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