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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

With help from a front page article in the Dayton Daily News on April 17, our Drive Electric Earth Day (DEED) auto show on April 24 was a resounding success for our Dayton chapter despite very poor weather conditions. Perhaps the biggest surprise for the crowd was the late entry of a rare Polestar 2.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# The demand-is-everything argument is the cop-out line from the auto industry and our lovely government. and Chrysler. .&# and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s Give them the choice, and they’ll shift. — Scott 18.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do In the meantime, Toyota and Honda will eat their lunch while GM pushes both E85 and pure electric. you see that?

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