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How Truck Stops and Convenience Stores Can Benefit from Holiday EV Travel

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However, it is restricted by census tract. NEVI provides funding for banks of at least four DCFCs every 50 miles along alternative fuel corridors, no further than 1 mile from the highway exit. There are also funding programs in each state, which businesses can learn about using the Blink Commercial Incentives tool.

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The US Needs 20 Times More EV Charging Stations by 2030… Or Else

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Using the US Department of Energy’s alternative fuel locator , we can see the US has (as of this writing): 129,598 publicly available EV charging ports spread over 50,401 public charging stations. The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit provides eligible businesses with a tax credit up to 30% of the cost of equipment.

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Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment

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The rebates are primarily targeted at medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; of the funding allocated for rebates, not more than 25% is to be used to provide rebates to qualified owners for the purchase of qualified alternative fuel vehicles that have a gross vehicle rating of not more than 8,500 pounds.

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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. They usually come in the form of a tax rebate to reduce your business’s tax bill, but they may come in other forms (as we’ll discuss later).

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MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

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In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. We urgently need technology options for these plants and policies that incentivize implementation. We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years.

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How to Select the Right Charging Level for Your Parking Facility

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Funding Programs for EV Charging There are often funding opportunities for commercial property managers looking to install EVSE, like the U.S. federal government’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. Not sure if your business qualifies for one of the federal programs?

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California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

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While staff has worked with USEPA in an effort to align many of the requirements of the two programs, some elements of the proposed LEV III program are expected to remain more stringent than the federal program in order to address California’s unique air pollution problems.