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Gordon wants more electric cars :: KTAR.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gordon sees a real commitment to have electric cars on city streets. "I I think the city should be investing for its fleet in these types of cars. It would create more jobs -- in the installation of charging stations here in the city and the Valley -- also we would be buying the cars and the U.S. plants would prosper."

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

And it needs to be THE priority – not the multimillion-dollar glory mansions, not the ego cars, not the toys, the clothes or the life style. The loans are for 20 years and paid off as a property tax assessment. They’re telling the truth and they’re speaking that truth to power without fear.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). Which electric-car developer counts former U. Answer: Al Gore is an investor in Fisker through venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Match the auto maker with its electric car: A.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

Sure, an electric car would be nice, but that would have been last Sunday, when the nearly 80 electric vehicles in a “CO2 Race&# combed the streets of Copenhagen. So were the electric Teslas, Nissans, Renaults, Betterplace vehicles, and Danish cars of the “International Mayor’s EV Parade,&# a couple days later.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

The IRA, which, in addition to its climate-centric provisions, includes important steps to curb healthcare costs, particularly in the form of inflated prescription drug prices, crack down on tax cheats and revitalize U.S. And what about changes to the EV tax credit? carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.).

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

Creative Greenius

If he thought he had passed the carbon tax or climate bill torch to someone else he was confident would bring it across the finish line he would have said so. Waxman knows that the White House isn’t listening to Michael Mann or James Hanson – let alone Al Gore or Bill McKibben.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science.

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