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Gas Cars Are Declining Significantly & Full Electrics Rising In USA

CleanTechnica EVs

We may have experienced peak fossil car sales in the USA, and the peak year wasn’t even very recently. Fully-electric vehicle sales […]. It appears that the year that will go down in history as the peak year for fossil-powered light-duty vehicle sales was 2016.

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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. My EV’s electric drive unit (motor) that provides the acceleration also reduces the need for using the brakes and brake repair.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

Wallbox

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. Compared to the USA, where EVs make up only 2% of new car sales, this gives one a good idea of Norway’s strong leadership position in terms of EV market share. Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. in 2018 and 42.4%

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This Volvo and Harris Poll Study investigates the state of EVs in America

Current EV

Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment. This edition of Volvo Reports investigates the state of electric vehicles in America and the public’s changing perspective on them. Driven largely in China, the U.S.,

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

For $100 million in one year, we’ll demonstrate how to rapidly reduce use of oil in transportation with safe, warrantied retrofits of tens of millions gas-guzzlers. We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000.

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Geely acquiring flying car startup Terrafugia

Green Car Congress

Terrafugia will also benefit from the Geely Group’s significant expertise and track record of innovation within the global auto industry. Geely Holding are fully committed to further investment in the business, including the creation of more high tech jobs in the USA, following the completion of the acquisition.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. is already selling an all-electric, zero-emission Roadster. The 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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