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Germany launches EV plan

Revenge of the Electric Car

’ Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. China, France and U.K. Adding to the obstacles are issues such as the vehicles’ reach, the battery life, the time for recharging as well as providing sufficient infrastructure with charging stations. By Christoph Rauwald.

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This is Volkswagen’s Brilliant Strategy To Dominate The EV Market!

Get Electric Vehicle

One-third of the cost of an electric car goes to its batteries. An electric vehicle (EV) uses the same rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power your laptop or smartphone required. This is due to the high cost of the materials used in cathodes to store more energy, such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, and manganese.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As part of the solution framework, the Israeli government will provide tax incentives to customers, Renault will supply the electric vehicles, and Project Better Place will construct and operate an Electric Recharge Grid across the entire country. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011. Whats new at Seeking Alpha?

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Their solution to the cost of thenew-generation batteries is to separate them from the car itself. Buyerswill purchase the car – at about the same price as a conventional model –but lease the batteries from a third-party energy supplier for a monthly feeequivalent to the fuel costs for an economical petrol or diesel car.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?” .&#

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As part of the solution framework, the Israeli government will provide tax incentives to customers, Renault will supply the electric vehicles, and Project Better Place will construct and operate an Electric Recharge Grid across the entire country. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

There are separate provisions for 2 & 3-wheeled EVs, electric bikes, and used 4-wheeled EVs — of which this article will not cover. For more background and detail on changing to refundable tax credit, read my article from September — Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 5: Making the Credit Refundable.