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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

Clean Fleet Report

Life Without Gasoline Continues I like to drive an electric vehicle (EV) because it helps fight climate change by reducing the burning of fossil fuels. The market has grown tremendously over the last decade and a half, so today there is a range of choices, and it will just get better with time.

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Electric-car charging: The basics

Baua Electric

That said, keeping EVs charged requires a different mindset than you might use in fueling up gasoline carseven though seeing electricity as fuel isnt off the mark. A familiar starting point for EV charging If youre an EV newbie, or someone just feeling out EV ownership, you can look forward to a lifetime free of gasoline.

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In Nigeria, Why Isn’t Broadband Everywhere?

Cars That Think

From their perch near the submarine network, the banks realized that mobile broadband would allow them to reach exponentially more customers, especially once those customers could take advantage of Nigeria’s instant-payment system , launched by the central bank in 2011. equivalents.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

Green Car Congress

This analysis examines the effect of this downturn in driving on gasoline consumption (both total and per capita), and places the consumption in 2020 in a historical context. The results show that gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that 55 years ago. Total consumption. Total consumption (millions of gallons).

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CMU study finds small battery PHEVs and gasoline hybrids the least-cost policy solution to reducing gasoline consumption

Green Car Congress

The federal subsidy significantly favors larger battery packs to a stronger degree than their potential for additional gasoline savings. A 2011 paper by Michalek and colleagues found that strategies to promote adoption of HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., Peterson and Michalek 2012.

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Study explores impact of changing gasoline and diesel taxes in Europe

Green Car Congress

Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product. A scheme including a decreased gasoline tax could bring about an increase in CO 2 emissions.

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Volvo to unveil XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept at Detroit show; system targeted for US and China markets

Green Car Congress

At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. In February 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show, Volvo introduced the diesel-electric V60 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) to go on sale in Europe later this year. XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept.