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Germany awards €233K to N-ERGIE to support 84 charging points in Bavaria; part of €300M federal program

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The aim of the Federal Charging Infrastructure is to build 15,000 charge points across Germany. The BMVI will provide a total of €300 million (US$352 million) to that end from 2017 to 2020. Private investors, cities and municipalities can apply for funding under the program.

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ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

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The ICCT defined six scenarios for analysis: Business as Usual (reflecting current Federal programs only, and non-implementation of the GHG Phase 2 trailer requirements).

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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

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Under the federal program, buyers could get a $3,500 or $4,500 rebate, depending on how much more efficient their new car was. Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2017. Their paper is published in the Journal of Marketing.

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Rice, Lawrence Livermore scientists develop new efficient non-Pt MX2 catalyst for efficient hydrogen production; Materials Genome Initiative in action

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The initiative is a federal program to speed the discovery and implementation of advanced materials. Yakobson (2017) “Self-optimizing, highly surface-active layered metal dichalcogenide catalysts for hydrogen evolution” Nature Energy 6, Article number: 17127 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.127. —Boris Yakobson. Wood & Boris I.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

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Some type of incentive program is available in 44 states and Washington, D.C. , on top of the federal program that’s offered everywhere in the US. Where To Find EV Charging-Station Tax Credits The federal 2020 30C tax credit is the largest incentive available to businesses for installing EV charging stations.

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California ARB holding hearing on adopting amendments to LEV III to support compliance options using new Federal GHG regulations

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California committed to accept national program compliance for model years 2017 through 2025 (as it did for MYs 2012 through 2016) with the understanding that it would provide equivalent or better overall greenhouse gas reductions nationwide than California’s program.

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California ARB formally allows compliance with national GHG vehicle regs to qualify for compliance under Calif rules

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Approval of the amendment marks the fulfillment of a commitment California made in the summer of 2011 to auto manufacturers and the Obama administration to accept the proposed federal standards as equivalent to its own.