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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Over the last two decades, fully electric cars have had, let’s say, a slow start. Plus, battery costs are rapidly decreasing and the public is warming up to the idea of electric cars. Electric Vehicles: Right Now. Maybe you own a Tesla Model X or Audi e-tron. By Haden Kirkpatrick.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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One way or another, Fisker Automotive may soon be off the market

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On 18 September, the Detroit News reported that Sen. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told The Detroit News that the agency was considering revising lending criteria and seeking a new round of loan requests. Tesla received a $465 million loan in 2010 for the design and production of a luxury electric car.

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