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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. He predicted that 10 percent of the cars sold would be electric vehicles by 2020. Price and tax incentives need to be worked out.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. Most automotive manufacturers say they plan to use renewable energy in the future, but for now, most battery production relies on electric grids largely powered by fossil fuels. AFP/Getty Images.

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But with Japan mandating that 70 percent of the countrys new houses will be powered by photovoltaic solar energy by 2020, "that creates a market," McCabe notes. (It It has awarded tax credits worth about $100 million to each of four manufacturers of electric-hybrid car batteries.

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