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CARB approves $28M investment in clean trucks, cars

Green Car Congress

California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) provides incentives to purchase the cleanest medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and Clean Cars 4 All incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles.

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

Green Car Congress

The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. Because of Uber drivers’ high mileage, the climate benefits of replacing a combustion car with an EV in this sector are even greater.

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CARB puts HVIP on hold after receiving voucher requests for entire $142M budget

Green Car Congress

Through October 2019, HVIP has committed to supporting the purchase of 3,400 zero-emission trucks and buses; more than 2,600 hybrid trucks; 3,200 low NO x engines, and 240 trucks outfitted with electric power take-off systems with vouchers requested by California fleets. At the 24 October Board meeting, CARB approved changes to HVIP.

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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

Baua Electric

Customers buying the ships include SAIC Motor, Chery, BYD, as well as shipping companies COSCO and China Merchants “on behalf of Chinese automakers,” reports Reuters. “After this armada has been delivered to China, the Chinese controlled car carrier fleet will jump from current 2.4% to 8.7%,” Veson analyst Andrea de Luca told Reuters.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. It is necessary that we stop burning fossil fuels, and fast. Namely: China.

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3 Reasons an Electric Vehicle is the Perfect Present

EV Match

As if one partner would buy two new cars – a significant purchase – for her and him as a complete surprise. So if you’re finding yourself persuaded to buy a car this holiday season, let it be electric. Who can forget Elon Musk’s reveal of the Cybertruck in November 2019? Savings, Savings, Savings.

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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I It saves the farmers from buying diesel fuel and breathing diesel fumes. First or second car… New or used… Time to buy electric. To finally decide.

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