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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Current trends suggest that barriers to EV adoption such as price, range, selection and charging-time will continue to diminish, as costs come down and technology improves. Total Cost of Ownership: An analysis of 17 popular 2017 models found ZEVs can already be price competitive now, without government incentives. This works out to 0.05

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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The scenario analysis includes an estimate of the total costs of the LC1 compared to the BAU scenario. However, a key tracking report in 2018 found that VMT is increasing, not decreasing. Transportation pricing: Gasoline taxes. Shift to VMT-based road fees as the number of ZEVs grows and fuel tax revenues decline.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them.