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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The federal consumer tax credit awaits major automaker cars that can claim them. It hasn’t led to an immediate abandonment by the automakers of this long over-subsidized initiative, but it will help put a stopper in the drain on resources accelerated under President Bush. Will we get our money’s worth? It’s far from a slam dunk.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources? Energy Markets in a State of Change. Cap and Trade Disappointment.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. Depending upon where you live, power plants are often burning natural resources. Id like to be a fly on the wall when an H2 franchisee asks to put in a hydrogen pump at Chevron. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built.

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