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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

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One of the reasons behind the drastic increase in sales was the more affordable price range of the Tesla Model 3, a best-seller in the U.S., Constant price fluctuations power the fuel market. Tesla’s Model 3 paved the way to powerful, affordable EVs. Electric Vehicles are Affordable. Europe and China.

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EU reaches compromise on 2035 new ICE vehicle ban

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In order to limit future carbon credit price variability, a mechanism will be put in place that would release 75 million new carbon credits into the market if the average sale price of credits goes higher than 2.5 times the average of the price from two preceding years. Lawmakers also hope this will limit market speculation.

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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In its 12 th , and current, Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government also launched a new strategy to promote new energy vehicles (NEV; vehicles that are partially or fully powered by electricity) and to support its domestic automobile industry to mass-produce NEVs.

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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The fact that German electricity prices are among the highest in Europe, despite relatively low wholesale prices, must serve as a warning signal ,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven as she presented the report, Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Germany 2013 Review. Electricity prices in comparison.

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Moore’s Not Enough: ?4 New Laws of Computing

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King Camp Gillette reduced the price of the razors, and the demand for razor blades increased. I formulate this law as follows: If two attributes or products are complements, the value/demand of one of the complements will be inversely related to the price of the other complement. There are a few historical examples of this law.

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. The perspective of rising oil prices is a turboboost for a change in customer behavior, he said. The everyday, affordable and safe electric car for everyone is feasible.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. Encourage time-of-use (TOU) and/or real-time electricity pricing tariffs. Enthusiasm in some areas has been tempered by slow EV uptake. percent of total car sales.

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