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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94

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California agencies release report charting path to 100% clean electricity; need to triple grid capacity by 2045

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The California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the first joint agency report and a summary document examining how the state’s electricity system can become carbon-free by 2045. Additional Multiagency Actions.

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Southern California Edison Introduces Online Plug-in Car Rate Assistant to Estimate Cost of Fueling Electric Vehicles

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Southern California Edison has launched an online Plug-in Car Rate Assistant to help customers estimate the cost of fueling an electric vehicle and the impact on their electricity bill. The online car rate assistant will provide an idea of the bill impacts and the benefits of charging electric vehicles during off-peak hours, 9 p.m.

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SCAQMD funding Siemens test of eHighway overhead catenary system for electric trucks in California

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Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 The company was awarded the associated contract by Southern California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Copyright: Scania. Click to enlarge. The 30-kilometer (18.6-mile)

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DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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Given the nature of wet waste resources that requires dedicated waste management practices to collect, store, treat, and dispose of the waste, shifting the waste resources from going through conventional waste management practices to utilization as feedstocks for energy production may represent an avoided cost of waste management and disposal.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10.

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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

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. “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California. Apart from being a green vehicle, the Model Y is also expected to give the Leawood Police Department substantial cost savings. This estimate was based on the 2021 cost of $0.08 Tesla-Kansas City was great.

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