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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.

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NYT Editorial

Plug In Partners

Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008.

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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. Initially, the Leaf will be sold in California and four other states: Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Or should Americans be allowed to buy the vehicles they want irrespective of environmental damage or a lack of resources? Tags: Green cars Latest news auto industry profits gas prices petrol prices US auto industry. Can green cars really be a turning point for the country’s troubled automakers?

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Who Actually Owns Tesla’s Data?

Cars That Think

On 29 September 2020, a masked man entered a branch of Wells Fargo bank in Washington, D.C., When FBI agents began investigating, they reviewed Washington, D.C.'s The auto industry has a lot to learn from the ways that mobile phone operating systems handle data permissions…. [B]oth Act calm give me all hundreds.”

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. He believes “ monolithic vehicle design ”—where people buy one car to fit all of their needs—is outdated. Washington, D.C.:

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

Cars That Think

There is also a push to make those who own SUVs pay a steep annual registration fee to discourage their ownership, as is happening in Washington, D.C. Even if a US taxpayer buys an EV that meets the credit, but their tax liability is not at least $7,500 in the year they purchase the vehicle, they do not reap the full benefit.

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