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Building a BEV is Not a License to Use Resources Inefficiently

EV Adoption

We also need to understand that in the US, it will take until at least 2035 for most American buyers of new cars and trucks to embrace buying a full BEV. I had the chance earlier this year to take one off-roading out in the Arizona desert, on the freeway, and on a closed track. It is an impressive vehicle.

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Everyone’s EV

Electric Auto Association

GM to the rescue “I attended the LA Auto Show and found that the best EV-buying tips came from Chevrolet,” Fellows recalled. People don’t buy cars all the time, so they’re not always hip to this kind of thing.” ”I I was lucky to have a great dealership here in Arizona,” Fellows said about Van Chevrolet in Scottsdale. “It

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2023 was a tremendous year for both EVs and Plug In America!

Plug in America

We hosted multiple webinars, answered hundreds of questions through our EV Support Program, and created easy-to-understand resources for EV shoppers. Plug In America helped create resources to support Arizona in securing access to the funding necessary to reap the benefits of an electrified transportation system.

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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

Green Car Congress

New research from a team at Arizona State University shows that even when receiving a big rebate from the government, consumers won’t always behave in expected ways. We defined brand-loyal consumers, and if you have a Ford and are buying another Ford, then you’re more likely to upgrade. Three professors in the W. —Michael Wiles.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. California offers a $5,000 rebate through the state Air Resources Board, which reduces the price to $20,280.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

Cars That Think

Department of State, is also a professor of practice at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. These are] smaller startup companies that have located very promising prospective deposits, prospective mines, and are in the scramble to obtain permitting and resources to be able to build those mines.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

Utility commissioners and their staffs are now dealing with “rising workloads with limited staff, limited resources, and growing gaps in internal expertise due to the increasingly specialized needs of today’s energy system,” states the Rocky Mountain Institute. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

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