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Ford is Offering a Zero-Percent Interest Rate for Mach-E Loans

The Truth About Cars

A zero-percent interest rate will likely improve its fortunes, though it’s not eligible for federal tax credits as of the time of this article. Ford is also prepping for the release of the Mach-E Rally, which brings a slight lift kit, beefier tires, rally wheels, and skid plates.

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Putting the “Utility” in Sport Utility Vehicle: Which Electric SUVs Perform Best Off-Road?

EV Life

These standards are important because they dictate the MSRP limit the vehicle must meet in order to qualify for the federal EV tax credit, which can make or break sales numbers. If a vehicle qualifies as a car, the MSRP limit is $55,000 to be eligible for the tax credit. Where are the real electric SUVs?

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Expecting ROCE to be higher than 20% in long run: Sunil Bohra, Uno Minda – ET Auto

Baua Electric

What is your current EV order book and whether or not the kit value has actually increased? If you see in terms of kit value, we are already at the max kit value possible in the industry domestically. So, our current target for ROCE is 20% pre-tax ROCE that is what we look at whenever we approve our projects. Absolutely.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

The property owners pay off the loans as an assessment item on their property tax bills. The faster we can get permits, the faster we can send the state tax revenue, hire great crews and spin another meter backwards.&#. Previous Prius conversion kits have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. The high cost of manufacturing the Volt is exactly why the tax credits of $2500 for a vehicle with 4 kWh of battery capacity and $417 for every kWh over 4 (so that there is a $7500 credit for the Volt) were legislated. — Goodbye 2.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1.

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