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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

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Led by the Department of Energy, the task force would include federal and state regulators, standards organizations, utilities, environmental groups, consumer groups and electric drive industry stakeholders.

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Auto Alliance pushing for passage of Maryland SB 1234 that would require state purchase of ZEVs; 50% of LDVs by 2026

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While the mandate requires that 15% of all vehicles sold in the state by 2025 be ZEV, as of today less than one percent (0.65%) of vehicles sold in Maryland meet that standard. The goal of the mandate is to improve the environment by spurring the sale of vehicles with alternative powertrains thus reducing carbon emissions.

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Auto Alliance urges EPA to withdraw premature Final Determination on light-duty GHG regulations, resume Midterm Evaluation process with NHTSA

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The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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In addition, numerous startup efforts in the United States focused on innovations around electric aviation. Also, automotive companies, including Daimler, Toyota, Hyundai and Porsche, are getting involved in aviation startups. Hyundai is in partnership with Uber on a concept air mobility vehicle with a 60-mile range.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

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And that list only includes crossovers that offer standard or optional all-wheel drive. Unfortunately for its US marketers, the Pony was never sold in the United States (though it did appear briefly in Canada). kilowatts at capable Level 2 charging stations, higher than the previous EV standards of 6.6

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. The potential is enormous because the current grid has sufficient energy capacity to supply every vehicle in the United States if every one of them was a PHEV. As long as a standard 1.5 Click to enlarge.

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