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Assam Electric Vehicle Policy 2021

Electric Vehicles India

The Government of Assam has taken several initiatives to improve road conditions and to reduce air pollution. Adequate power supply and network of charging points with favourable power tariff. 90% discount at EV charging stations. Incentives for EV charging infrastructure. 10 lakhs per charging station.

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ICCT: incremental technology can cut vehicle CO2 by half and increase fuel economy >60% through 2030 with ~5% increase in price

Green Car Congress

The ICCT also made several changes in nonbattery pack assumptions, such as the cost of charging equipment. Nic Lutsey, Dan Meszler, Aaron Isenstadt, John German, Josh Miller (2017) “ Efficiency technology and cost assessment for US 2025–2030 light-duty vehicles ”.

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Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

Green Car Congress

We’ve been accused of that; people still say we are, but we’re not. We’re not going to say “Ethanol. Thrust 2, said Wagner, is facing a decision point in March 2017. Criteria pollutants are dominated by equivalence ratio stratification and fuel chemistry. Ethanol is the answer.” Earlier post.)

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

We’re showing 100 percent charge and a range of 475km. Except there’s no wireless phone charging, annoyingly. I forget to remind them we’re not on solar so the emissions have just moved from the tailpipe to the polluting power station. German cousins: 2017 VW Golf with 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD.

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

Green Car Congress

The analysis used by federal agencies to set standards for fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions for new US light-duty vehicles from 2017 to 2025 was thorough and of high caliber overall, according to a new report from the National Research Council. only the MY 2017-2021 CAFE standards are final. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. Charge, drain, repeat is extremely inefficient. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. “You guys own the cars.&# — J Connors 4.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

Gasoline always emits 20 lbs of toxic air pollutants per gallon, and can only be burned once. years if the car is charged using renewable energy. This is 2 to 3 times lower than the 150-200kg of CO2eq estimate measured by the same researchers in 2017. This C02 stays in the atmosphere for thousands of years.

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