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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

Promote and demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through showcases in a variety of venues throughout New England: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors. General Motors.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The researchers estimated that, if applied to the task of generating electricity, all of the engines in the U.S. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

Passage by the Senate is far from a certainty and will require all 50 yes votes including from conservative-leaning Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia to the Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. To date, two manufacturers — Tesla and General Motors — saw the tax credit phaseout completely. market demands.