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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. All will qualify for a $7,500 federal tax credit. Two million.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Toronto Mayor jumped from an all electric Mitsubishi to a plug in hybrid Fitzker positively on fire for them both. And we had a screening of “Who Killed the Electric Car&# at a film festival where Al Gore greeted us and had a few things to say about the culture wars. Toronto would lead! warmer there by the way).

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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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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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