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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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To ensure validity, the shopping encounters were triangulated with 30 expert interviews with major automobile manufacturers, importers and associations, and other related organizations such as EV charging station providers across the Nordic region. outside of Norway.

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8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

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This will include working with the automobile manufacturers and dealers to ensure that all plug-in electric vehicle models are available for sale and aggressively marketed in all MOU states. Promote workplace charging. Provide clear and accurate signage to direct ZEV users to charging and fueling stations and parking.

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News: 2023 Fisker Ocean Introduced

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68,999 plus the destination charge, which has not been released. 37,499 plus the destination charge. 49,999 plus the destination charge. 68,999 plus the destination charge. Technology and Charging. Charging speeds have not been released, but Fisker did say the Ocean will be able to charge at 250 kilowatt speeds.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol.

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DOE Closes $465M Loan to Tesla Motors

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The Palo Alto facility will assemble electric vehicle battery packs, electric motors, and related electric vehicle control equipment, both for Tesla’s own electric vehicles and for sale to other automobile manufacturers. The agreement was negotiated and signed by the Department’s Loan Programs Office.