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Used Electric Vehicles – Affordable and Available

Plug N Drive

I have pretty exciting news for everyone who thought they couldn’t afford an EV… Yes, you can! When we surveyed 1,000 gas car owners in the Greater-Toronto and Hamilton Area last year, we learned that cost is the number one barrier to purchasing an EV. Many gas car owners believe that EVs are just too expensive.

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Maugeri: Natural Gas to Become #1 Electricity Source for This Century

Green Car Congress

Natural gas may soon be the dominant fuel for producing electricity, according to Leonardo Maugeri, senior executive vice president of Eni S.p.A, Gas is the easiest option” for answering increasing concerns about fuel availability, price, distribution, and greenhouse warming, Maugeri told his audience at a MITEI-sponsored seminar. “Gas

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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas. International Oil and Natural Gas.

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

Compelling diversity discussions As part of their Electricarpalooza 2021 , the Drive Electric RVA chapter in Richmond, Virginia hosted a seminar now viewable online, Building a a new (and better) model for transportation, that included an in-depth discussion of racial equity and diversity issues. Some people just can’t afford one.”

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

Compelling diversity discussions As part of their Electricarpalooza 2021 , the Drive Electric RVA chapter in Richmond, Virginia hosted a seminar now viewable online, Building a a new (and better) model for transportation, that included an in-depth discussion of racial equity and diversity issues. Some people just can’t afford one.”

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Progress! IRA signed into law

Electric Auto Association

EV provisions The legislation creates a new and used EV tax credit, extending the tax credit on some new EVs to 2032 while shifting tax incentives to more affordable models that are manufactured in North America. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund : Administered by the EPA, this funding supports all projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Volvo Car Corporation challenges EU’s goals and tactics on cutting CO2 emissions; CEO says electrified vehicles will struggle to pass 1% market share by 2020

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Jacoby also raised concerns about the viability of the European Commission’s White Paper on Transport, which states that greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector will have to be cut by at least 60% by 2050 to achieve the EU’s climate change goals. In the long-term, this jeopardizes our industry’s competitiveness and European jobs.

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