Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Buyers can claim a base credit of $1,250 for the purchase of qualifying used EVs, with additional incentives for battery capacity. This is not meant to denigrate the hard work that many very smart and wonderful people put in to get the tax credit finalized back in 2009. Chart Source: EV Volumes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

This results in total transportation sector CO 2 emissions roughly 9% lower than in the Reference case. million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2040,—resulting in total transportation sector CO 2 emissions more than 2% higher than in the Reference case. LDV CO 2 emissions in the three AEO2014 cases. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T expects to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles and approximately $215 million to begin replacing its passenger cars with alternative-fuel models, beginning with hybrids. The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 11, 2017

Well, let�s just say that it is also a good idea to honor those cars that the average Joe could actually purchase. If you have purchased the 2016 version, it can get to that speed in just 8.4 If you think that this is the best that Elon Musk has under his sleeves, wait until the next generation of Roadster by 2019. Front View.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 4, 2021

The formula, which is based on the size of an EV’s battery pack, rewards OEMs (and consumers) for using and purchasing larger batteries with no consideration to efficiency (EPA range/kWh) and price. UDDS is different from the EPA range and is a city-driving testing standard. So for the moment, that combination might be a bit too strict.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The particles produced by these ship emissions can also create brighter clouds, which in turn can produce a cooling effect via processes that occur naturally in our atmosphere. Scientists have known for decades that the particulate emissions from ships can have a dramatic effect on low-lying stratocumulus clouds above the ocean.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Despite rampant talk about how the United Auto Workers’ stand-up strike and its resulting deals would bankrupt the automotive sector, the union strategy appears to have ended up costing the industry less than the labor strike GM endured all by its lonesome in 2019. billion following the 40-day strike the UAW launched in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. EVs have finally come of age.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 7, 2021

This was despite the administration looking at hybrids, which are still equipped with a combustion engine, on the same playing field as zero-emissions vehicles like battery-electric cars. . It was a good narrative, and it was the perfect foil to the Trump administration’s less-than-stellar commitment to zero-emissions transportation.

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