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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. Marketing the use of biobased materials being used in an automobile costs money and must be part of the consideration in the cost of using biobased parts. —“Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”.

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Which EVs Still Qualify for Federal Tax Credits?

The Truth About Cars

The first of those is broken down into electrified automobiles that have at least 40 percent of the battery's critical mineral values extracted and/or processed within the U.S. Interestingly, only General Motors and Tesla managed to hit those caps and they’re some of the biggest winners under the new scheme as well.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

Green Car Congress

General Motors. Ford Escape sales totaled 20,241, a July record and up 94% versus a year ago, and Mercury Mariner sales were up 71%. The 2009 model Escape Hybrid and Mariner Hybrid are the most fuel-efficient utility vehicles in America. On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities.

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The Clean Vehicle Credit Is A Confusing Mess

EV Adoption

On the positive side, we’ve seen a significant number of new battery factories being announced that will be built in the US in the coming years as a by product of IRA and the Clean Vehicle Credit. This cap in essence penalized those manufacturers that invested in EVs early, including Tesla and General Motors.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. "When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. In the Hawkins Electrical Guide, copy right 1928, there is a entire chapter on electric Automobiles. Mandatory euthanasia. Its going to be a hit. by JayWes April 8, 2009 6:32 PM PDT No But GM is.

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