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Next 10 report says widespread EV adoption in California could deliver significant economic benefits to the state by 2030 and 2050

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million, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)). This overall economic expansion generates billions in additional revenue per year from existing tax instruments. California’s 2018 GSP was almost $3 trillion ($2,997,732.8 Thus, the EV influx would provide approximately a 2.7% boost over the 2018 GSP.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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