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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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The team concluded that policy and business strategies that address barriers at the point of sale are needed to accelerate EV adoption. Only three North America-focused studies exist as of 2017. Dealers represent an important yet understudied intermediary between new innovations such as EV technology and consumers. outside of Norway.

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NHTSA proposes updating electrical safety requirements for fuel cell and mild hybrid vehicles; alignment with int’l standards

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305 align the standard with international regulations and the latest version of the voluntary industry standard, SAE J1766 , “Recommended Practice for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Systems Crash Integrity Testing”. 305 and would enable innovative powertrain technologies. The proposed updates to FMVSS No.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.