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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change?

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Feature: Bridging the EV Affordability Gap

Clean Fleet Report

The number of plug-in electric cars nearly doubled from 40 to more than 70 vehicles this year, including attractive SUV crossovers in the $40,000 range like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID4. Particularly with inflation and higher gas prices, it’s critical that we make financing EVs cheaper than gas cars today.

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EV Life is awarded CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission to make financing electric cars cheaper than gas vehicles.

EV Life

Since then, the company has developed a suite of EV shopping tools on its web platform to give car buyers everything they need to confidently switch from driving a gas vehicle to an electric car. This new CalSEED grant will fund the development of an EV Climate Loan platform.

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

Plug N Drive

Introducing an incentive to make charging more affordable is an important step in encouraging EV adoption,” says Cara Clairman, President and CEO of Plug’n Drive. With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g.,

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Vote YES on Prop 30!

Plug in America

billion to $5 billion annually to fund wildfire response and prevention and to keep driving the statewide electric vehicle transition by making EVs more accessible and affordable. Efficient and inexpensive electric vehicles are crucial to California’s goals to address climate change and reduce air pollution.

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California to top a quarter-million electric vehicles sold sometime this month

Green Car Congress

The California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative (PEVC) announced that according to projections, California will this month top 250,000 plug-in electric cars sold since they became available on the market in 2010. Times have changed. And with federal and state rebates, they are more affordable than ever.

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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

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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