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Feature: Bridging the EV Affordability Gap

Clean Fleet Report

Rebates & Tax Credits Don’t Help Most Americans. Even though there are generous EV tax credits, rebates from states and utilities, and other incentives that can save drivers $10,000 or more per EV, most people aren’t aware these programs even exist. Climate Loans Have Some Limitations.

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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

This new CalSEED grant will fund the development of an EV Climate Loan platform. EV Life’s Climate Loan aims to lower the monthly cost of an EV by up to $200/month. The average California driver qualifies for over $10,000 in EV rebates and tax credits, but incentives can take 12 to 18 months to recoup post-purchase.

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Guide to California EV Incentives

EV Life

It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. The only way to avoid more expensive and disruptive climate changes is to significantly reduce these emissions.

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Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Rusheen Capital Management create company to deploy Carbon Engineering’s direct air capture technology

Green Car Congress

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Occidental, and Rusheen Capital Management, a private equity firm, have formed a development company, 1PointFive, to finance and to deploy Carbon Engineering ’s large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Carbon Engineering’s DAC technology has four major elements. degrees Celsius.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Is tax equity dead? Or is it alive but too expensive and if so, what is the more affordable replacement? by Bill Cooke.

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

I’d like to have me some solar, but I can’t afford it right now. So I need to do something to cut the cost of my system even more than the rebates and tax credits are going to do. As we move into the final month of the year 2008 I keep looking up at my rooftop longingly. All at once it seemed so clear to me.

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing a Tesla Model Y

EV Life

The negative impact of fossil fuel emissions on climate change and the environment has become an important issue facing the world today, and some of the biggest contributors are the gas-powered vehicles we drive every day. Owning a Tesla Model Y just got a whole lot more affordable with EV Life.