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California hits record stride with EV sales volume

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It has justified the more than $5 billion that California has invested toward transitioning away from gas-powered cars, which was first brought to the forefront by Governor Jerry Brown, who, in 2018, aimed to have 5 million zero-emissions vehicles on the roads by 2030, according to the Los Angeles Times. I’d love to hear from you!

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, presented its electric strategy which, until the beginning of 2021, includes six electric and plug-in hybrid models. In 2018 SEAT obtained the best results in its history. Profit after tax went up to €294 million—4.6% more than the previous year.

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More than a third of US EVs are sold in California

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It also, of course, highlights the onslaught of new fully electric products that arrived at dealerships in much greater numbers over the course of 2023, covering a much wider variety of vehicle types. It’s also hard to argue, from any of the provided overarching data, that non-electrified vehicles are on the rebound. in 2022 and 88.4%

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The 2021 Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron 4-door, 5-passenger EV coupe crossover is here!

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Audi sold just over 224,000 vehicles in 2019 and launched the brand’s first fully electric vehicle, the Audi e-tron – one of four fully electric models coming to the U.S. model lineup being fully or partially electrified by 2025. All are eligible for a $7,500 Federal tax credit. In the U.S.,

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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This is more than six times higher than in 2018, just 5 years earlier. Electric cars accounted for around 18% of all cars sold in 2023, up from 14% in 2022 and only 2% five years earlier, in 2018. These trends indicate that growth remains robust as electric car markets mature.

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Peninsula Clean Energy expands EV rebate program; up to $1,000 for new EVs under $45K

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The 2020 New EV Rebate Program will offer rebates of $1,000 towards the cost of a new fully electric vehicle and $700 for a plug-in hybrid purchased by San Mateo County residents between 1 October through 31 December. Eligible vehicles are any new EVs that have a purchase contract cash price of $45,000 or less, before sales tax.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

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It was all-new for the 2018 model year, and was engineered from the start to accommodate 2021’s PHEV version. Second, and more crucial from a policy perspective, is that to justify the subsidies and tax incentives lavished on plug-in hybrids as a way to reduce vehicular emissions of carbon dioxide, they have to be plugged in.

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