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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

In an interview published in Maclean’s, a Canadian news magazine, the chairman and CEO of General Electric said, “ Government should be a catalyst for change. The fear that a carbon tax is unworkable must be overcome. Jeffery Immelt shares this point of view. They need to do much better than this. This could be another air mail idea.

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Is America’s Electrician Shortage Hurting our Ability To Get Away from Fossil Fuels?

Clean Fleet Report

The act pledges a $370 billion investment over the next decade in clean energy initiatives, and includes tax rebates to ensure that using renewable power sources is the accessible and attractive option. See more at E Magazine. The post Is America’s Electrician Shortage Hurting our Ability To Get Away from Fossil Fuels?

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

But for North America, it’s the big dog, the quintessential Jeep 4×4. Second, and more crucial from a policy perspective, is that to justify the subsidies and tax incentives lavished on plug-in hybrids as a way to reduce vehicular emissions of carbon dioxide, they have to be plugged in. Bring on the Magneto.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

I got my first taste of the Air in the Sonoran Desert, a few hours from Lucid's $700 million factory in Casa Grande, the first from-the-ground-up EV plant to open in North America. The spacious sedan actually exceeded expectations, combining shelter-magazine interior luxury, slick handling and boggling acceleration.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( The biggest barrier is the battery."

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