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Car Industry Asks Government For More EV Help

Revenge of the Electric Car

If they don’t, then the car industry warns it’ll be hard to hit President Obama’s goal of one million electric and/or plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015. Read more in the WSJ article by Josh Mitchell: Auto Industry Plugs Electric-Car Subsidies.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. But many feel the electric car’s time has arrived.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. .

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Trump reportedly told oil execs he’ll end electric car incentives for $1 billion in donations

Baua Electric

Donald Trump has reportedly told oil executives that he will end electric car incentives if they contribute $1 billion to his election campaign. The former president has been all over the place with his comments on electric vehicles. You don’t want to be the last country with a strong fossil fuel industry.

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Greenius Is Fired Up Over Obama’s Green Economic Recovery Bill!

Creative Greenius

President Obama Steps Up To Save The Economy & The Climate While Republicans No Longer Relevant. I wholeheartedly applaud, support and endorse President Barack Obama’s signing of the $787 billion economic recovery bill just moments ago. Tax Incentives to Spur Energy Savings and Green Jobs.

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Auto Lobby Says EPA Targets Aren’t Achievable

The Truth About Cars

But the premise that electric cars default as good is starting to fall flat. Rolling layoffs being attributed to industry commitments to electrification and automation are also beginning to rub people the wrong way. At this stage, it seems like legacy manufacturers wouldn’t want to intentionally tank the electric car.

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Similarly, such mandates and incentives will drive the market for electric cars for a while. The Oregon Legislature is contemplating bills that provide credits for both manufacturers and purchasers of electric cars. and Mark Brady, the departments sustainable development liaison. (It

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