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Honda looks to build a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada

Baua Electric

Reports say that Canadian industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has spent most of last year building up EV investments to solidify the country’s clean-tech future by offering tax breaks and the promise of overflowing renewable energy sources and rare minerals used in EVs. Thomas, Ontario, with production starting in 2027.

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Audi Electric SUV, Tesla Supercharger Growth, Oregon Per-Mile Road Fee: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we''ve got confirmation that Audi will build an all-electric SUV, a look at how quickly the Tesla Supercharger network has grown over the past year, and Oregon''s concept for a per-mile road fee that could replace the gas tax. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

Green Car Congress

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. These funding sources support construction and maintenance of the highway system.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

As coal plants close, they leave behind empty building shells and scores of lost jobs. Plant operators might save on costs, with transmission lines, cooling towers, office buildings, and roads already in place. The firm is planning to start building its reactor around 2026, hoping to deliver power by decade’s end.

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

The cooperation will take a variety of forms, including establishing a working group that meets annually, sharing policy information and program design, providing capacity building and technical support, exchanges of personnel, cooperative research and development, and joint organization of symposia and trainings.

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Survey says: Charge, incentivize, educate!

Electric Auto Association

Oregon EV drivers speak their minds — and hearts — about legislation and policy BY Al LePage: Vice-President, Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association. I reported the results of my survey in Promoting Electric Vehicles in Oregon.

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EV Charging Networks Aren't Making Money

The Truth About Cars

While the automotive sector is habitually discussing how electric vehicle adoption will be spurred on by the country building a more robust charging infrastructure, nobody seems to be talking about how to make charging profitable enough to sustain itself.