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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Five months ago.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

Wallbox

In this article, we will review the facts and explain our thoughts on where we believe EVs are headed. In certain European countries, such as Italy or the UK , passenger vehicle sales even dropped as much as 95-97%. EVs were experiencing rapid growth before the COVID-19 outbreak.

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