Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

After two years of intense work, including deposing hundreds of engineers, pouring over thousands of documents and examining millions of lines of software code, we are pleased that Toyota has agreed to a settlement that was both extraordinarily hard-fought and is exceptionally far-reaching.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Providing basic information on electric vehicles increases interest in the vehicles—the study showed 21% of consumers were more likely to purchase an electric vehicle after being educated about the facts on the vehicles. The site also documents the environmental benefits of electric cars.

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New York City New York Fleet Electric Vehicles 297

Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

While people can purchase neighborhood electric vehicles today for about $10K, they only have a top speed of 35 miles an hour or so, essentially glorified golf-carts. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer. This blog is the story of my path towards that goal.

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Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

Funding is granted once hydrogen production starts. Successful bidders will then be granted a fixed sum according to the volume bid, over the course of ten years. Bidders cannot win more than 33% of the available budget, and must have a project size of at least 5MW. €1/kg 1/kg hydrogen. kg on a project breakeven basis.

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Hydrogen Renewable Price Grant 447

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The total funding available for this project is up to $44.1 CARB funding will be allocated towards the purchase of on-road zero-emission Class 8 trucks. Selected Awardees will enter into two grant agreements: one with CARB to fund trucks, and one with the CEC to fund infrastructure and workforce training and development.

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California Emissions Grant Transportation 321

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When light-duty vehicles are assessed, approved, and granted Certificates of Conformity from the EPA, they are available for the public to read and include results on efficiency and range testing. The EPA has numerous documents relating to this idea, as well as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

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EPA All-Electric Range Volvo 98

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. Validation and Verification. Validation requires additionality.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

EV Match

APRIL 10, 2023

Through the federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as local utility companies, there are billions of dollars of funding available for electric vehicle (EV) charging station installations. Charging stations must be purchased and not leased to be eligible for funding. The program is accepting applications now.

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Colorado Charging Cost Of Installation 52

Cars That Think

AUGUST 2, 2021

Unmanned ground bomb squad robots were reportedly used on at least two occasions in the standing portion of the structure during the response, once to investigate and document the garage and once on July 9 to hold a repeater for a drone flying in the standing portion of the garage. It offers a preliminary analysis of the lessons learned.

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Florida Miami Light Personal 103

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Cloud providers are single points of failure and prime targets for hackers to scoop up everything from proprietary corporate communications to our personal photo albums and financial documents. The storage provider’s job is to host the data: to make it available from anywhere, instantly.

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Store Google Personal IDEA 136

Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The tax credits will now be available only for sedans priced at $55,000 or less, and for pickups, vans or SUVs at $80,000 or less. Marketing gurus tell us that luxury buyers don’t tend to be very price-sensitive—if you can afford an $80,000 car, a few thousand bucks one way or the other is unlikely to affect your purchase decision.

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Tax Credit Tax North America Clean 66

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The WCI released a design document laying out its basic program parameters in September 2008. If they don’t have enough allowances to cover their emissions they must purchase more or face a penalty. In this case, the emitter will benefit by purchasing additional allowances instead of taking on additional abatement cost.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244