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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

As gas engine powertrains typically have 100 times the number of parts of an EV powertrain, I have only paid $300 for maintenance: comprising three tire rotations and one cabin air filter, after four years of ownership. My EV battery is warrantied for a minimum of 100K miles and eight years. There is so much to love about driving electric!

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. El Centro, Calif.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures. In the U.S.

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