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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

Europe and China. If you’re trying to reckon whether an electric car is for you, here are top reasons why you should get aboard the electric vehicle voyage: 1. You can now purchase an electric vehicle at a fair price due to the existing tax credits. Finally, electric charging stations are becoming more popular.

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How New Eligibility Criteria for the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Affects You

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Opting for an electric vehicle and leveraging the EV tax credit to help with your next electric vehicle purchase is a smart move. One such incentive is the Clean Vehicle Credit , a key component of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. View IRS instructions for claiming credit.

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Road Test: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

Power and Range The 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus, built in Luqiao, China, has electric motors on each axle, producing a total of 476 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. The 78 kWh, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery is charged through an 11.0 These are the estimated times for the three charging speeds.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S., “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. I think it’s Toyota and Honda that are doing the gambling.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. before 2010.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Finally, in a first-of-its-kind partnership in the United States, Mitsubishi announced a strategic alliance with Oregon to develop an electric car charging infrastructure in the state. The big problems now is how to create a battery that can charge rapidly and infrastructure to charge them. — Larry 4.

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