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How to Answer Top EV FAQs This Season at Your Dealership

Blink Charging

It’s a new car-buying season and many new car buyers want to take advantage of the federal government’s electric vehicle tax incentives. The on-board charger is different from an external EV charging station, also referred to as EV Supply Equipment or EVSE. Level 1 chargers These are the charging cables that come with most EVs.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

EV Connect

And thanks to a variety of tax credits and incentive programs, the barrier to entry may be lower than you think. On the federal, state and local levels, there are a plethora of tax credits for installing electric-vehicle charging stations. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

The electricity usage for the 1,42,054 onshore wells that supply oil to India is over 1,415 GWh a month! Australia is not a very densely populated country, they consume 1% of the world’s oil supply and only refine 1/4th of the oil they consume. Enough to drive an EV for 6.8 But they mine 50% of the world’s Lithium!

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Our goal is to encourage Toyota and other automakers to supply the market for PHEVs. and EDrive FAQ INFORMATION IF YOURE TECHNICALLY INCLINED: See the new EAA-PHEV Conversion project sponsored by the Electric Auto Association.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Plug-In Supply www.plug-insupply.com , Petaluma, CA, offers complete conversion components with extended life lead-acid battery packs for $4,995 based on the EAA-PHEV open source conversion method CalCars has helped develop.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce. Demand for energy, to heat our buildings in the winter and cool them in the summer, is highest at the very time when supply is also the greatest. The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in. The best part?

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break. Companies can not sell engineering prototypes in which the company got R&D tax breaks in developing the product. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. We are addicted to the gasoline tax both at the State and Federal level.

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