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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

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Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland. Four of those 10 — California, Colorado, Massachusetts and Maryland — are among the states with the highest EV adoption rates. Ten states have incentives on top of federal spiffs, according to J.D. Your author has seen this repeatedly.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The stations will allow the fleets to lower their costs by buying fuel in bulk, access federal motor fuel excise tax credits, refuel at the times most convenient to their schedules, and model successful use of propane to nearby peers. Maryland Energy Administration’s Maryland Hybrid Truck Goods Movement Initiative.

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MIT study suggests carbon tax could help reduce US deficit, lower other taxes, reduce emissions

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The carbon tax would shift the market toward renewables and other low carbon options, and make the purchase of more fuel-efficient vehicles more economically desirable. In shifting the market through a tax on emissions rather than through tax credits for renewable sources, the nation would be raising revenue rather than spending it.

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