Revenge of the Electric Car

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EV’s in England

Revenge of the Electric Car

A full charge takes around six hours and costs less than £1. Mitsubishi says a small petrol car travelling 12,000 miles will cost around £1,200 but an electric car will cost just £115.&#. A full charge takes around six hours and costs less than £1. Electric Car Trials Begin in Birmingham.

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Tesla To Offer Auto Leases

Revenge of the Electric Car

Musk said the Roadster is priced comparably to other low-production, hand built sports cars, minus the savings on operating costs. who are in the sports car market, it’s the same lease cost as the sports. cost is about 10% less because of the savings from electricity versus. Tesla estimates the cost savings.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

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Regardless, once the $7,500 tax credit is accounted for, and the much lower maintenance costs, these should be about the same as buying a gas car, only the fuel will be less than a dollar a gallon equivalent. Buying one of these will cost about half what the Tesla Model S will cost and you can get it a full year earlier.

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Tesla Prepping IPO

Revenge of the Electric Car

roads by 2015 and low-cost Department of Energy loans for manufacturers. The carmaker is developing a second, lower-cost model, an electric sedan known as the Model S, which will have a base price of $49,900. The electric-car start-up was offered $465 million in low-cost loans by the U.S. Venture funds back green cars.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The group wants residents in test cities who buy electric vehicles to qualify for generous tax credits that are significantly higher than the $7,500 maximum now available, and would like tax credits to fund 50% of the costs to upgrade utilities and 50% to 75% of the cost to build public charging facilities. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)

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Germany launches EV plan

Revenge of the Electric Car

Electric cars still face some major obstacle, though, including the vehicles’ reach, battery systems and cost issues. China, for example, plans to build around one million battery-powered vehicles per year from 2012 onwards, fueled by generous incentives for both car makers and consumers.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Fully funded, the ChargePoint America program would cost $37 million, with some of the shortfall for the actual station installations being addressed, the organizers hope, through state and local grants.&#. “We’re excited to be part of this program, because it gets both public and private infrastructure installed in key areas of the U.S.,”

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