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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

Lease cash is a manufacturer incentive that lowers the cost of a new vehicle when it’s leased. The car-buying website doesn’t say exactly where in Greater New York, but a quick Google search confirmed that this deal does indeed exist: However, when I click on Toyota’s “Greater New York” link, it’s not on the lease deals list.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

Lower leasing costs play a huge role in this, with more competition and higher demand helping to drive down the cost of leasing an electric car or van. This is why it’s so encouraging to see companies like Amazon and DHL join movements such as the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance. Read case study.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

Green Car Congress

This award helps to fulfill a cost-sharing target for the recipient's $122 million award from the Department of Energy. Rand Corporation , based in Santa Monica, will receive $4,474,558 to evaluate the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program and projects. Electricore Inc.,

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

Cars That Think

Yet the AI ecosystem is more than a handful of corporate labs. Before we put up barriers around the development and distribution of a useful technology, governments should assess the initial risk of the technology, the residual risk after considering all available legal and technical mitigations, and the opportunity cost of getting it wrong.

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BMW Group Launches car sharing service “ReachNow” in Seattle

Green Car Congress

After downloading and registering on the ReachNow app, available in the App Store and on Google Play, members can locate and book the closest available car in the ReachNow app or find a ReachNow car on the street. Car sharing for residential and corporate groups. Chauffeur service – book a car with a driver.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. So it's nearly impossible to get the cost of manufacturing and sales down to a competitive level.

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How EV Charging Boosts Value at Commercial Real Estate

Blink Charging

Future-proofing your property with commercial EV charging stations and make-ready infrastructure can help your business stay ahead of the regulations and display corporate sustainability leadership. Notably, the installation costs of DCFCs are significantly more than Level 2 charging stations.