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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Four of the areas—Portland, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz—have 20 or more actions in place. These typically range from $1,000 to $3,000 per battery electric vehicle in most states, and they are typically about half as much for plug-in hybrid vehicles due to their lesser all-electric driving capability.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid).

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Navigant forecasts annual plug-in electric vehicle sales in N America to exceed 1.1M by 2024

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Navigant expects metro areas in California to show the largest PEV population growth, as the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego areas are all within the top 10 metro markets for PEV sales. Other ZEV Program participating states are expected to see similar growth. above 7% in 2024.

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Pike Research forecasts US plug-in vehicle penetration rates to be highest in smaller states

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While the most populous states will see the highest sales volumes, with California, New York and Florida likely leading the way, as a percentage of total vehicle sales, smaller states will lead, with Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, DC, and Delaware among the top states for PEV penetration. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

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The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Three of the nine communities for the program are in California: Sacramento, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area. “A

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Pike Research projects California, New York and Florida to lead US in PEV sales

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Dallas, Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta and Washington DC are not expected to show strong sales of PEVs; all are forecast to have fewer than 28,000 PEVs in their markets by 2017. California dominates the top 10 MSAs when ranked by PEV sales, with all six of the top California MSAs in the top 10. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

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&# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. Advertisement.

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