The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

& From Automotive News : A top concern was the EPA's proposed limits on vehicle tailpipe pollution for 2027-32 model-year cars and light trucks — a regulatory move that, if finalized, could result in battery-electric vehicles making up two-thirds of new-vehicle sales by 2032, according to the agency's projections.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

4s One of the benefits of buying an ID.4 Manufactured in Chattanooga, Tennessee, It qualifies for the $7,500 Inflation Reduction Act tax credit. 4 Standard model that has a 62kWh battery and an EPA-estimated range of 209 miles. Photo: Electrify America Volkswagen of America (VW) today announced that its 2023 ID.4

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Seven months after kicking off production of its Class 3 electric trucks in Mississippi, EV startup Mullen Automotive has secured fruitful environmental compliance and approvals from CARB and the EPA. can take advantage of the total incentives for buying zero-emissions vehicles – rebates that can go as high as $45,000 per truck.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 4, 2021

The Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicles (IRC 30D) tax credit – commonly referred to as the “Federal EV tax credit” has a number of flaws, but one of the biggest is the poorly-designed formula that determines the amount of the tax credit available for each BEV and PHEV sold in the US.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Efficiency-focused Elantra Hybrid Blue models retain the 54-mpg combined EPA rating. Tesla has started applying the EV tax credit at the time of purchase —via its own website and affecting the up-front amount buyers will need to pay when buying a new Tesla. inch infotainment screen.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2023

Tesla mentioned on its web page that the Style 3 Lengthy Field is eligible for a federal tax incentive of $3,750, which is equal to the bottom Style 3. The Style 3 Efficiency is eligible for a $7,500 credit score, in step with Tesla. The iron cells would possibly qualify for part of the tax credit score because of U.S.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

School districts, along with state, local and tribal governments, can apply for funding from the EPA Clean School Bus Program for the purchase of zero-emission school buses and related charging equipment. The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit provides eligible businesses with a tax credit up to 30% of the cost of equipment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Ford’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle on the market offers EPA-rated 108 mpg equivalent city, 92 mpge highway and 100 mpge combined;the all-electric range is up to 21 miles. Starting MSRP is $29,995 (after a federal tax credit). Earlier post.). In electric-only mode, C-MAX Energi uses an advanced 35 kW peak, 7.6-kWh

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Be careful listening to self-anointed experts that owning a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is not a wise choice or viable option when buying a new car. Here is the truth: when owning a 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE AWD PHEV, you will never buy gasoline for probably 90% of your regular driving.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

On March 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final vehicle standards for cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. EPA standards aren’t new. There are EPA vehicle standards in place right now. EPA has been regulating vehicle pollution for over 50 years. Plus, the EPA standards are working.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) rates the 2024 Leaf SV Plus at 212 miles AER. If you buy and drive the Leaf SV Plus for how it was designed, expect to be grateful for the latter. Contact your tax advisor before considering a Leaf purchase so you are completely clear on the tax credits and rebates.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

That plus leadership in all aspects of charging make it Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. With the larger pack, the EV9 goes up to 304 miles, while the base version with the smaller pack gets a 223-mile EPA range rating. The post Kia EV9: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Where it falls down is its EPA-rated range: a mere 208 miles. Lower frontal area and a sleeker shape boost its EPA range rating to 233 miles, better than the XC40 Recharge but still far below the 315 or 353 miles of a Tesla Model 3 sedan that’s roughly the same size.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Now the world’s most aerodynamic production vehicle, with a 0.197 coefficient of drag, the Air Touring delivers an EPA-rated 7.44 That’s the same size battery as a relatively tiny, base-model Nissan Leaf, whose lesser efficiency translates to just 240 km of EPA-rated driving range. kilometers from each onboard kilowatt hour.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

As you wait another couple days to see our Best Car To Buy winner for 2024 , read on for Green Car Reports biggest EV stories of 2023, the five topics that produced a complex tangle of twists and turns that will continue well into 2024. Is buying an incomplete product the future? Dealers aren’t ready either.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

What do you need to ask the dealership if buying an EV after the new year? Nio CEO William Li introduces the Nio ET9 According to the EPA, higher hybrid and EV sales helped offset the ongoing shift toward less-fuel-efficient trucks and SUVs, with a fleetwide improvement from 2017 to 2022 despite that trend. big cities too?

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That’s not surprising—the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, the company’s only previous plug-in hybrid, is a well-executed PHEV with an EPA-rated 32 miles of usable electric range that retains all the virtues of the Pacifica minivan. The EPA rates the 4xe at 22 miles of electric range and an unimpressive 20 mpg operating as a hybrid.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

GM wants the US Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to make the Administration’s aspirational 50 percent EV sales goal by 2030 a national mandate instead. Further, once a particular EV model reaches 200,000 in US sales , the EV tax credit is phased out. “I Pablo Di Si There are also income caps.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2023

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weighed in on the matter, issuing the first suggested changes for the 2027-2032 model years. Officially, the EPA is not allowed to mandate that carmakers build electric vehicles. The market has spoken, so the government is altering the terms of the deal and asking again.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If you don't include bathrooms and buying salty snack foods and sugary sodas and lottery tickets, your desktop can be as little as eight or ten minutes, whereas you may spend 30 or 40 minutes every 200, 250 miles in your Tesla. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. John Voelcker Great question.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If you don't include bathrooms and buying salty snack foods and sugary sodas and lottery tickets, your desktop can be as little as eight or ten minutes, whereas you may spend 30 or 40 minutes every 200, 250 miles in your Tesla. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. John Voelcker Great question.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

The 2023 Niro EV has an EPA estimated driving range of 253 miles, an increase of 14 miles compared to the outgoing 2022 Niro EV. The Niro EV does not qualify for Federal tax credits, but qualifies in some states for rebates and a HOV sticker. miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is very efficient.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Compared to first-gen E-Tron, Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2020 , Audi reports the Q6 E-Tron’s battery energy density has risen 62 percent, while energy consumption has dropped 30% and drive-unit costs have dipped 15 percent. Audi farms dual motors for the Q6 E-Tron in Hungary, rated at 140 kw in front and 250 kw in the rear.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Range and efficiency The 113kWh battery is estimated at 273 miles (440km) of range under the WLTP test cycle (or 329 miles on the WLTP city cycle), which tends to be more forgiving than the EPA cycle. Over the course of our drive, we didn’t get quite the same efficiency that Mercedes estimates, though some of the other journalists did.

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Over time, cars and light-duty trucks have become cleaner and more efficient (Thanks EPA and NHTSA!), but your grandparents’ trusty push mower isn’t much different than one you would buy today. Unlike cars in the U.S., Similar to EVs, electric lawn equipment reduces emissions, saves on fuel costs, and requires less maintenance.

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2023

The $7,500 clean commercial vehicle tax credit has] undoubtedly affected the per 30 days hire worth from a client point of view. The EPA in April proposed up-to-date regulations that might top to EVs making up 67 p.c How are EV-only producers converting the auto buying groceries enjoy?

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Postal Service announced last week that it will buy six electric vans from the startup Canoo for its delivery fleet. The survey claims to have found that dealers are particularly concerned about proposed EPA emissions rules and surprisingly uninterested in even registering for the EV tax credit as a point-of-sale rebate.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which stewards the RFS, had repeatedly downsized the targets by nearly 25 percent. The EPA is under orders to propose a 2023 mandate by 16 November. ever actually produced. (It

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

China is the largest contributor to CO2 emissions, according to the EPA. Many consumers have been highly interested in Biden’s potential reintroduction of the EV tax credit, which would give those who purchase an electric vehicle a credit for buying an environmentally-friendly car. Postal Service vehicles.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler. The George W.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The EPA hasn’t yet released its official rating.) Under the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Joe Biden in mid-August, automakers will soon have to source increasing proportions of their battery components from North America in order to qualify for federal tax credits. Celestiq: a true Standard of the World?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. — Jeff U 6.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Charged : We’re all waiting to see what President Biden’s EPA is going to do in terms of updating the federal emissions standards. Charged : Do you think some automakers could gain a competitive advantage if the EPA imposes more stringent standards? It’s very rare that EPA ever does a rule that somebody doesn’t challenge.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We have a free market; therefore if Americans truly wanted to make the switch to electric vehicles, then they would buy them — no government interference necessary. Though exactly how this works is a little confusing, as those locales don’t enjoy the same regulatory waiver provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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