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How Truck Stops and Convenience Stores Can Benefit from Holiday EV Travel

Blink Charging

Convenience stores, fuel stations, and truck stops are essential to building range confidence among EV drivers. Despite data showing that this range anxiety typically disappears after a few months of driving an EV, this anxiety remains for uninitiated and new EV drivers.

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The US Needs 20 Times More EV Charging Stations by 2030… Or Else

Blink Charging

Using the US Department of Energy’s alternative fuel locator , we can see the US has (as of this writing): 129,598 publicly available EV charging ports spread over 50,401 public charging stations. The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit provides eligible businesses with a tax credit up to 30% of the cost of equipment.

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Senate Energy Bill Contains $3.8B for Natural Gas Vehicle Conversion and Purchasing, $400M for Plug-in Vehicle Deployment

Green Car Congress

The rebates are primarily targeted at medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; of the funding allocated for rebates, not more than 25% is to be used to provide rebates to qualified owners for the purchase of qualified alternative fuel vehicles that have a gross vehicle rating of not more than 8,500 pounds.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

EV Connect

Some type of incentive program is available in 44 states and Washington, D.C. , on top of the federal program that’s offered everywhere in the US. Let EV Connect help you look into the tax credits and incentives available to your business so you can start building your EV charging infrastructure today.

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How to Select the Right Charging Level for Your Parking Facility

Blink Charging

Level 2 (L2): Level 2 chargers for commercial buildings and multifamily are hardwired straight into your electrical system and come in a range of power output capabilities. Funding Programs for EV Charging There are often funding opportunities for commercial property managers looking to install EVSE, like the U.S.

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California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

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While staff has worked with USEPA in an effort to align many of the requirements of the two programs, some elements of the proposed LEV III program are expected to remain more stringent than the federal program in order to address California’s unique air pollution problems. Add a lower regional activation trigger.

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Hyundai to offer Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to LA-area retail customers in spring 2014; Honda, Toyota show latest FCV concepts targeting 2015 launch

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When we spoke to customers interesting in driving a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, many wondered what the cost of hydrogen would be. This also is why Honda is an enthusiastic participant in a federal program, H 2 USA. This includes unlimited free hydrogen refueling.

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