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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

However, dealers are much less likely to educate you about the exceptions that may prevent you from accessing the full $7500 credit. Watch out for car dealers who use phrases like ‘we guarantee you can get you the full $7500 tax credit.’ In many cases, the carmaker will pass all or most of the tax credit into the cost of your lease.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

Ergo, it’ll take you a very long time and lots of kilometres to recoup the cost if you were hoping to save money on fuel. Rivals include the Ford Escape ST-Line PHEV ($54,440, 69km electric range) and Cupra Formentor VZe ($60,990, 50km range). How’s the cost of ownership? Pretty compelling.

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Electric dirt bikes buyer’s guide and best models

Green Authority

Cake Kalk& Electric Motion Escape. You don’t have to worry about refueling them, especially when fuel costs are on the rise. Electric dirt bikes can save you money vs. Initial cost. Dealer support. Electric Motion’s Escape is another road-legal, off-road electric bike that looks good and performs well.

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Ford ups its electrified vehicle ante to $11B; 86% trucks and SUVs in the product mix by 2020

Green Car Congress

That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco. Ford’s new hybrids will offer customers more space than today’s hybrids.

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Tesla continues to dominate EV sales in the UK

Push EVs

This is likely due to dealers wanting to clear a backlog of “old” petrol-car stocks ahead of the new licence plate arriving in March. Outlook The UK economy is hovering around 0% growth (“stagnation”) over the past 2 quarters, so officially just escaping formal recessionary conditions. a year ago.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

An early adopter Sinclair’s first venture into the world of clean energy vehicles came in the early 2000’s when she and her husband purchased a Ford Escape Hybrid, a car they still own today. Not enough women know about the tax credits and they’re not as aware as they should be of the significant savings in operating costs.

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Ford Crew Chief telematics system can improve fuel economy by up to 20% through better fleet management

Green Car Congress

The average vehicle crash costs an employer $16,500, according to the US Department of Labor. When a worker has an on-the-job crash that results in injury, the cost to the employer averages $74,000. The system can be factory- or dealer-installed, and once installed, automatically engages every time the vehicle is used.