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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speeds. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Click to enlarge.

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JULY 6, 2013

They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. Brown (2013) Electric Urban Delivery Trucks: Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Cost-Effectiveness. Click to enlarge. System boundary diagram. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. Dong-Yeon Lee, Valerie M.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

in 2013 and 0.4% Several states offer tax incentives to reduce the upfront cost of PEVs to consumers. Georgia offers a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) tax credit of 20% of the cost, up to $5,000. The District of Columbia has a tax credit of 50% of the incremental cost of an EV, up to $19,000.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

A study by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) shows that state electric vehicle incentives are playing a significant early role in reducing the effective cost of ownership and driving electric vehicle sales. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. —Jin et al. Whereas California has over 2.4%

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

However, managed EV adoption can reduce the cost of achieving GHG reductions through a RES, they concluded in their paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Thomas, and Deepak Divan (2013) Coordinated EV Adoption: Double-Digit Reductions in Emissions and Fuel Use for $40/Vehicle-Year. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

In his oft-cited book on parking and policy (“The High Cost of Free Parking”), Dr. Donald Shoup, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, noted that 16 studies conducted between 1927 and 2001 found that, on average, 30% of the cars specifically in congested traffic were cruising. —The High Cost of Free Parking.

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