Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Existing technology can produce biodiesel fuel from municipal sewage sludge that is within a few cents a gallon of being competitive with conventional diesel refined from petroleum, according to Dr. David Kargbo, with the US EPA’s Office of Innovation, Environmental Assessment & Innovation Division in Philadelphia, PA. per gallon.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA. But the time and cost of installing the needed charging infrastructure for electric trucks can vary enormously: “from a few thousand dollars for lower-power chargers to millions of dollars for high-power chargers” that can deliver up to 1 megawatt each.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Delay of Technology Development.

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EV Life

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we’re going to look at some of the electric SUVs on the market with the highest ranges, as well as some of the most affordable SUV options. But what some people don’t know is that there are already a number of tax credits, rebates, and incentives available right now to offset the cost of a new EV. The good news?

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Where it falls down is its EPA-rated range: a mere 208 miles. Lower frontal area and a sleeker shape boost its EPA range rating to 233 miles, better than the XC40 Recharge but still far below the 315 or 353 miles of a Tesla Model 3 sedan that’s roughly the same size. Watch this space.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Supercharged, turnbocharged and paired with a 143 hp electric motor Range and fuel economy are rated by the EPA 28 mpg city and highway combined for the hybrid engine. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Photos by John Faulkner and Volvo. [

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you ask a bunch of experts to predict the cost of a technology 10 years from now, they’re all over the map—9 out of 10 are wrong, and you don’t know which one is right. We’ve been building a separate open-source tool called Power Genome that pulls together all the public data from the Department of Energy, EPA [U.S.

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EV Connect

MAY 16, 2022

This article aims to explain why, while analyzing some recent changes in the EV market and the current trajectory of the EV industry, especially in regard to how it compares with that of traditional vehicles. In 2020, the total cost of ownership of electric vehicles finally dropped under the total cost of owning a gas-powered vehicle.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That’s not surprising—the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, the company’s only previous plug-in hybrid, is a well-executed PHEV with an EPA-rated 32 miles of usable electric range that retains all the virtues of the Pacifica minivan. The EPA rates the 4xe at 22 miles of electric range and an unimpressive 20 mpg operating as a hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

VW minivan reportedly not long for this world 2 days ago Chrysler ekes out additional 2 mpg on 2009 minivans 223 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 ~D. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. Pre-paid 600 kilometer cards are one approach that is suggested. This will be five percent of the nation’s vehicle population.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

There are separate provisions for 2 & 3-wheeled EVs, electric bikes, and used 4-wheeled EVs — of which this article will not cover. For more background and detail on changing to refundable tax credit, read my article from September — Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 5: Making the Credit Refundable. kWh battery.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A couple of drawbacks to consider might be the capitalization costs of building these stations and the batteries that they would have to have in stock. The biggest problem with recharging at home - as already alluded to in the article, is that electric cars are mostly marketed as city vehicles. Battery swapping has its critics.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. link] — Adam Carter 11.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Q&A with former EPA exec Margo Oge. Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. The Clean Air Act allows the EPA to address pollutants coming out of the tailpipe of a car.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. It’s simply not in their interest to do so. Scope of Technology to be Transferred Smaller is better.

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