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Don’t Buy Another Gas Car! No Hybrids Either. It’s Got To Be Electric!

CleanTechnica EVs

Don’t buy another gas car! Some of you won’t let “them” pry a gas car from your cold dead fingers. Your current car is getting a bit long in tooth and it’s time when you would normally be looking to replace it. However, many of the rest of us are open to the idea of […]

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Drive a truck? Just 5 tanks of gas could buy you an electric bike. Or 7 tanks for everyone else.

Electrek

With average national gas prices passing $5/gal in the US, there’s no time like the present to find a cost effective alternative to driving. Just 5 tanks of gas could buy you an electric bike. Plenty of people have saved thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars by replacing their car or truck with an e-bike.

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Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV?

CleanTechnica EVs

There are plenty of climate and air quality reasons to buy an electric vehicle (EV), but is it cheaper to. continued] The post Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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With outrage over the USPS’s gas-guzzler plans, should it buy these electric cargo bikes instead?

Electrek

Electric cargo bikes, especially four-wheeled versions that function as mini delivery vans, are becoming an increasingly common solution for mail delivery around the world. The post With outrage over the USPS’s gas-guzzler plans, should it buy these electric cargo bikes instead? appeared first on Electrek.

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USPS doubles its order of electric vehicles but sticks to mostly buying inefficient gas trucks

Electrek

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that it updated its plan to upgrade its fleet of delivery vehicles to double the number of electric vehicles as part of the order. However, the USPS decided to unfortunately still mostly buy inefficient gas trucks as part of the 50,000-vehicle fleet refresh.

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Hertz CEO Leaves After Buying 100,000 Teslas

The Truth About Cars

But few are notable as the debacle at Hertz, a company which most gearheads know decided to buy tens of thousands of electric vehicles only to bin them at severely subvented prices. Now, the CEO is stepping down from his role.

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Rising gas prices influence Tesla and electric car purchases: survey

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There are numerous factors to consider when one is looking to purchase an electric car. As the results of a March 2021 survey shows, rising gas prices are also an apparent factor for consumers when they are deciding to purchase an electric vehicle. . At $5 a gallon, 57% of respondents said they would be willing to buy an EV.