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Canada government to approve new Electric Vehicle Availability Standard

Teslarati

It would eliminate any possibility of gas or petrol-fueled cars being sold in at least 27 EU countries. However, several states have declared their intention to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars , including New Jersey, California, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Connecticut.

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US Energy Secretary Calls Tax Hike on Gasoline Not Politically Feasible

Green Car Congress

In the past Mr Chu, a Nobel laureate, has argued that if the US wanted to reduce its carbon emissions, policymakers would have to find a way to increase petrol prices to levels in Europe. But Mr Chu warned that Americans will have to learn to live with higher petrol prices even if Washington does not enact policy that boosts them.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

Cars That Think

Even if Washington hadn’t buckled to outside pressure, the U.S. Cost parity between battery- and petrol-powered vehicles will happen by 2026 in the U.S. government recently backed down from enacting tough new measures that would have forced automakers to quadruple their sales of electric vehicles by 2030.

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When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler?

Clean Fleet Report

Washington, DC Transportation accounts for almost a third of all U.S. And prices of battery EVs are seeing significant reductions: According to EVI-USA, “Experts expect that their (EV) prices will be at par with diesel or petrol vehicles between 2025 and 2027.” — S.H., It also may be eligible for tax incentives and credits.

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LEAF – Made in the UK

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Nissan Leaf was a big feature of the Washington Auto Show last month, and the vehicle has been praised for its eco-friendly virtues. It won Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision Award recently, for satisfying all the needs of a modern driver, whilst at the same time producing zero localised emissions and requiring no petrol.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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