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Tesla Tax Credit: How Californians Can Save $15,000 with EV Credits and Rebates

EV Life

In this article, we’re going to show you how California residents can save over $15,000 on Tesla Model 3 and Model Y by taking advantage of available EV tax credits, rebates, and incentives. This grant is issued directly to the dealer to lower the overall cost of the purchase. Not anymore.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

But the time and cost of installing the needed charging infrastructure for electric trucks can vary enormously: “from a few thousand dollars for lower-power chargers to millions of dollars for high-power chargers” that can deliver up to 1 megawatt each. This article appeared in Issue 62: Oct-Dec 2022. Stay tuned. Subscribe here.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. The service allows members to avoid the fixed costs of car ownership as well as parking charges, fuel costs, or recurring annual fees.

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Is it the Right Time to Buy an Electric Car?

Get Electric Vehicle

Over the years the cost of producing efficient batteries will come down and the difference will get dropped. If you have charging points and service centers in your neighborhood for your electric car you should not wait to get an electric car based on your requirements and affordability.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

At the end of this article, Prof. Here is the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad: [link]. To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Again, it really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Route length really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Do you have an idea of what the total cost of ownership is versus diesel, or what the payback period is? That can extend your range by 20%, 30%.

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Why this electric ‘car’ the size of two motorcycles should be on your list

Baua Electric

I’m talking about Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) , the official term for what many people call Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs). So how can these motorcycle-sized electric vehicles be priced at less than half the cost of even the cheapest electric cars available in the US? Err, actually, I probably shouldn’t call them “cars”.