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GM electric-car goals, EPA test worries, 5-minute battery recharge, Google vs Uber: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, uncertainty over EPA emission testing, GM's electric-car goal, concern over the fate of more capable start-stop systems, and a 5-minute battery recharge? Romania has doubled its electric-car purchase incentives; they're now more than $10,000 for a new car. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tesla is officially worth $1 trillion, stock soars past $1,000 per share

Teslarati

Hertz agreed to purchase 100,000 Tesla Model 3 electric sedans for its fleet of rental cars in a deal worth $4.3 Tesla joins Apple, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Google parent company Alphabet, and Amazon as the only companies to be worth $1 trillion. Hertz (@Hertz) October 25, 2021. ” Ives wrote in a note to investors.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge EV to start at $53,990 in US before qualifying tax incentives

Green Car Congress

The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric vehicle, will carry an MSRP of $53,990 when it arrives in US showrooms later this year. The purchase of an XC40 Recharge may qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. State and local incentives could add further benefits.

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Honda Introducing BEV and PHEV to US and Japan in 2012; Demonstration Programs in US Begin This Year

Green Car Congress

By the end of 2010 and continuing through 2011, Honda will roll out a battery-electric vehicle demonstration program in the US with participants, including Stanford University, Google Inc. and the City of Torrance, Calif. The City of Torrance will also receive a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for evaluation by the end of 2010.

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Automaker Plug-in Hybrid PR Flurry

Plugs and Cars

In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects. 50,000 grants of $10,000 to purchasers of plug-in cars might just drive the market. The buzz about the Volt has generated automaker PR reactions. One big corporate "ME TOO!"

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Testing the Rowwet electric scooter : Eleq

Plug In India

The company has also purchased the dies for some of the models, so that they can start panel moulding here itself. I googled and 1500 F capacitors are available. This makes fast recharging possible and provides high currents when needed. More than Rs. 20 cr has been invested in the project. 1 Ah is 3600 Coulomb.

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The Cash Back Hybrid

Plug In Partners

By John Voelcker First Published October 2007 Google , a former CIA director , the Natural Resources Defense Council , a U.S. Many of us on Capitol Hill see the potential of plug-in hybrids ,” Cantwell said, describing a bill she has introduced to encourage early production and purchase of plug-ins.

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