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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

How President Obama Can Announce Drive Star to Cut Oil Use in Half by 2020. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. Today we are under attack.

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What V2G Tells Us About EVs and the Grid

Cars That Think

There, sales of EVs as part of the overall automobile market rose from 10 percent in 2020 to 17 percent in 2021, with 2.3 While China accounted for about half the 6.75 million EVs sold worldwide in 2021, according to Sweden-based analysts EV Volumes , Europe also showed strong growth. million sold.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. Also EV’s have another advantage, as the grid gets cleaner your EV will emit less and less emissions.

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Driving Towards a Sustainable Future: The Rise of Electric Autos in India

Baua Electric

According to a report by the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), the sales of electric vehicles in India witnessed a significant increase in recent years, with a growth rate of over 20% in 2020. Mahindra & Mahindra is another major player in the electric auto industry.

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How to Electrify Your EV Fleet the Smart Way

EV Connect

Federal, state and local tax credits and incentives offer strategic advantages for early EV adopters which helps to subsidize sustainability for companies ready to commit to a cleaner, greener fleet. Resources: Green Fleet Magazine - FedEx to Expand EV Fleet Charging Infrastructure USPS - U.S.

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Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese EVs, up from 25% to 100%

Baua Electric

and California to just 21.4%, whereas China’s EV market share was a whopping 37%, leapfrogging several other leading countries in the process (and it was just 5% in 2020, so the turn upwards has been very rapid over the last 3 years). But in 2023, US market share had risen to a meager 7.6%

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Volkswagen, which was the top-selling car company in the world as recently as 2020, announced in June 2022 that it was “actively in the process of looking at another production facility and also looking at a battery facility,” then began production of its first U.S. Tesla just opened its new Austin, Texas factory in April .