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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

Green Car Congress

Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

T hese EV cynics and naysayers don’t believe in the EV revolution or have an incentive to keep using pollution vehicles. If you buy an EV that lasts a million km, this EV will last 3 times longer than an ICE car. By 2030, most people will choose to buy EV's as it won’t make financial sense to buy a pollution car.

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Why Electric Vehicles Are the Future of the Automotive Industry

EV Connect

While history is full of sharp left turns that took people by surprise, we still believe that electric vehicles are the future of the auto industry. That’s to say nothing of pollution and climate change. Cars are an even greater producer of pollutants with direct toxic effects on human health.

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Electric Car Watch #13: The OLA Electric Car Concept Revealed

Plug In India

Futurefoundry will work in close collaboration with our headquarters in Bangalore, India to help us build the future of mobility as we make EVs affordable across the world." "We Boorish tweets by Pollution Vehicle Media Of course the car announcement from OLA electric has shaken many journalists from the Pollution Vehicle media.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

For example, when you buy an EV, there is no Road Tax and Registration Fees. It's now up-to the auto industry to launch more EV's. For example, the Indian pharma industry is heavily dependent on China. There are other industries that have more dependency on China than the EV industry. We had lockdowns.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? Equally, the state has long had a subsidy plan to help low-income residents buy EVs. Historically, auto regulation has dealt with “the negative externalities associated with the auto itself,” he explained.

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