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How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Reach its EV Goals

Clean Fleet Report

The City of Easthampton, Massachusetts announced in April that it is transitioning its city-owned vehicle fleet from gas to electric, and will be the first city to offer an EV adoption benefit to employees who convert. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric.

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Road Test: 2024 Subaru Solterra Touring EV

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Charging is also through powerful motor regeneration that when coasting or braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. The Solterra may qualify federal and state tax credits THAT may affect your final price, so speak with your CPA before heading into your local Subaru dealer.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Subaru Solterra EV

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When driving, charging is accomplished through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. Federal and state tax credits may affect your final price, so speak with your CPA before heading into your local Subaru dealer. Pricing and Warranties.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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The regenerative braking system, which recharges the 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Depending on where you live, the Pacifica Hybrid may qualify for federal and state tax credits, so your final price could be significantly lower than sticker. Touring L $48,573.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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Regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Clean Fleet Report staff are big fans of radios with volume and channel knobs, and that the climate control wheel was a different size wheel than those of the radio. The Pacifica runs on a gas engine–and two electric motors.

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Road Test: 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

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Brake regeneration is where kinetic braking energy is converted into electricity when slowing or coasting, and that electricity then stored in the battery. note: The 4xe is $5-10,000 more than a comparable non-electrified Wrangler, but it is also eligible for a variety of federal and local tax incentives.).

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Royal Academy of Engineering study examines future lower-carbon ship powering options

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International agreements on the need to combat climate change, the fluctuating but generally rising costs of marine fuels which account for a large proportion of the running costs of a ship, and developments on a number of other fronts have led many in the industry to question whether the present methods of ship propulsion are sustainable.

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