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11 states assessing fees on EV owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes

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Georgia has the highest annual fee of the states that have currently enacted fees for electric vehicles. Commercial and noncommercial plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) have different fees in Georgia. Idaho is the only state that has a fee for conventional hybrid electric vehicles (without a plug). Source: DOE EERE.

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Ferrari partners with battery supplier SK On for advanced cells

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This is in addition to an existing battery-supply arrangement in place since 2019, which has seen SK On supply batteries for Ferrari plug-in hybrids. Prior to that, Ferrari launched a trail balloon for hybrid tech in the form of the limited-edition LaFerrari.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

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Ohio State EcoCAR built a series-parallel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powered by E85. At the end of the second week, students had the opportunity to display their completed hybrid-electric Chevrolet Camaros with a car show at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle. This is OSU’s fourth consecutive win. kWh energy storage system.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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The authors defined regions as the Midwest, Mountain, Northeast, South, and West, based on the US Census (2016). These typically range from $1,000 to $3,000 per battery electric vehicle in most states, and they are typically about half as much for plug-in hybrid vehicles due to their lesser all-electric driving capability.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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This will be quickly followed with the 2016 introduction of SYNC 3. Starting in 2016, Ford will expand consumers’ choice of fuel efficient vehicles in China with two new New Energy Vehicles (NEVs): the Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and the Ford Mondeo hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.)

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Georgia Power. Southern Company: Georgia Power.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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University of California Riverside, “Scale-up Demonstration of Hybrid Catalytic Biorefining of Biomass to Sustainable Aviation and Marine Fuels”, $2,000,000. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. dry ton equivalents of hardwood biomass per day (0.5