Green Car Reports

JANUARY 8, 2019

Volkswagen buys wireless tech from Volvo. With final sales reports out from the whole auto industry, we built some context around Tesla's end-of-the-year sales numbers. The Model 3 is setting the pace among luxury cars. Harley-Davidson announces pricing and a date for buyers interested in purchasing its LiveWire electric motorcycle.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 18, 2023

Yes, EVs tend to be a bit more costly than similarly sized internal-combustion engine cars because the tech is relatively new and costs a bit more to build. Who Should Buy It The EV buyer looking for something that blends sport and practicality – the one who finds the Ford Mustang Mach-E too sporty and the Volkswagen ID.4

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These efforts are expected to pave the way for next-gen battery tech – such as silicon and lithium metal anodes, solid-state electrolytes, and new cathode materials, as well as improved cell manufacturing processes – all of which can help cut costs even more.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 1, 2023

Fast forward to today and Westwater is building a graphite plant in Alabama, and people are eager to buy our capacity. Now, if you look at just the materials half of the $7,500 tax credit, there’s $3,750 available, and graphite is on a short list of critical materials, along with lithium, cobalt, nickel and a few others.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Dan Nicholson, Vice president of strategic tech initiatives General Motors; board member Society of Automotive Engineers Automakers are racing to meet soaring EV demand and fill yawning gaps in the market, including building a homegrown supply chain of battery materials as well as batteries. In February, Ford announced a new $3.5

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Contrasting the two, Volvo is “warm and welcoming,” with “natural and humanistic” materials and style, but Polestar is “pure and minimalistic” with design that indicates it’s “high-tech and exclusive.” The overall impression we took away was of riding in a very expensive, very high-tech automotive running shoe. And so forth.

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EV Life

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The exterior features a simple yet futuristic design, which is complemented by its tech-heavy interior, which contains a large infotainment display, a fully digital gauge cluster, and a variety of two-tone color schemes available. EV Incentive Programs · Federal Tax Credit. Colorado Electric Vehicle Tax Credit.

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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? As the flagship model for the Chinese automaker’s lineup, it also boasts reclining rear seats, steer-by-wire tech, rear-wheel steering, and an active suspension. 3, we looked at 13 years of Best Car To Buy Winners. big cities too?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

The committee does acknowledge, however, that even well-informed consumers might not buy a PEV because it does not meet some of their basic requirements for a vehicle (that is, consumer information and education cannot overcome the absence of features desired by a consumer).

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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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. The Q6 E-Tron shows off a new interior that wraps around the driver in a cool tech embrace.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

It’s a shocker that may have many longtime EV fans doing a double take, as for years GM has resisted ideas of bringing back the tech it once championed with its vaunted Chevy Volt—saying among other things that it hurt its ability to vertically integrate its EV battery and propulsion plan. In the U.S.,

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Tech and practicality The Mercedes eSprinter has 488.1 Although those prices can change depending on what sort of upfitting solutions each customer seeks, and potentially the availability of government incentives or tax credits. It would be nice for an eventual RV upfit, though.

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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. While California leads state governments in slating a 2035 target for ending most internal combustion vehicle sales, the federal government’s ambitious Inflation Reduction Act allocated funds for tax credits on electric vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 12, 2023

As optioned, my tester would go for $43,380 as a 2023 model, before any potential tax credits - about the same money as you’d spend on a moderately equipped Audi A4 or BMW 3-series sedan, both of which are similarly sized and appeal to the same yuppie buyers. I don’t, so buying an EV would not be a viable choice for me at this point.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Among cutting-edge automotive buyers—the glitterati of Los Angeles, the tech millionaires of Silicon Valley, the finance titans of Wall Street—only one Cadillac is widely recognized. A couple of hundred ultra-pricey Celestiqs provide a halo effect to the Lyriq crossover they are more likely to end up buying.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. Most people would have bought a new car years ago, but I didn’t because nothing worth buying was on the market. — Ken Smith 4.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? Best take on all this has been that SouthPark episode with "It" You want something efficient that uses little resources and doesnt impact traffic and parking, then buy a motorcycle.

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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. Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Next: a carbon tax. — Jeff U 6.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

So in the end, US jobs likely won’t benefit overall , and US consumers will simply be denied a chance to buy cheap new EVs from China – like, for example, the excellent Volvo EX30. It offers tax credits to EV purchasers, as long as those EVs include domestically-sourced components and are assembled in North America.

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