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Setting New Standards for Clean Cars

Plug in America

Improving vehicle technology and electric vehicles saves consumers money through reduced maintenance and fuel costs and improves air quality and public health. See our table below for a side-by-side comparison. Clean cars can improve air quality and public health Transportation is the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S.

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UMTRI study finds US diesel vehicles generally have lower total cost of ownership than gasoline vehicles

Green Car Congress

The study — Total Cost of Ownership: A Gas Versus Diesel Comparison —was conducted for Robert Bosch LLC; the results were released at the 2013 Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Washington DC. Highlights from the diesel-gasoline comparisons include: Total Cost of Ownership. —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

Green Car Congress

This project provides critical information on long-term operation, performance and maintenance of fuel cell buses against technical targets. The bus will operate in similar service to the American Fuel Cell Bus, allowing direct comparison. Tompkins Consolidated Transit Authority; ElDorado National; BAE Systems; Ballard Power Systems.

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DOE to award $500K for testing of wave energy device in Hawaii

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500,000 will be available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. ( For comparison, the United States uses 4,000 terawatt hours of electricity each year.

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UMTRI study finds diesel vehicles save owners thousands in total ownership costs compared to gasoline vehicles

Green Car Congress

Green reviewed the role clean diesel vehicles play in the current vehicle fleet by analyzing the total cost of ownership of diesels and comparing it to that of their gas vehicle counterparts. They then combined these estimates with three- and five-year estimates for repairs, maintenance, insurance, fees and taxes from an outside data source.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

The tool, built by ZappyRide , shows the total cost of ownership via incentive information, fueling costs, maintenance costs, and a plethora of other EV information. Comparison vehicle based on size and price: VW GTI S DATA: MSRP for both vehicles is $25,600 (before incentives and resale value). gal would be $12,785.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

We’ll show you how to minimize your carbon footprint from the vehicle you drive in its care, repairs and maintenance. Generally the need for repair and maintenance is reduced as well since, as an example, the use of regenerative braking decreases wear and tear on brake components. Green Vehicles. Fuel-Efficient Vehicles.

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