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How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

Blink Charging

A BESS can assist an automotive dealership in cost savings by allowing them to charge during peak times when electricity rates are at their lowest and utilize the stored energy during periods of higher electricity rates. Incorporating a BES system can aid in lowering the operational costs of a DC fast charger. per kilowatt-hour (kWh).

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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

Pioneers’ inquiries about the applicability of the federal $7500 tax credit continue to be stonewalled. Accountants have suggested BMW could transfer the tax credit, which would have the effect of bringing down the steep $850/month the Mini E is costing its “pioneers.” Only BMW knows and they’re not saying.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.). Pricing for the company’s full line of Class 3 (10,000-14,000 pounds) to Class 6 (19,001-26,000 pounds) trucks wasn’t available, but a spokesman told us that a Class 3 model would run $50,000 to $55,000 plus the cost of a five-year battery lease. ?The

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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. If you just set aside the fantasy goal of an electric car with the same or better performance than an ICE powered car then we could build utilitarian short range EVs now, and could have been doing this coninually since 1900 with lead-acid batteries.

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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 None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries.

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