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Consumer Reports: most popular electric vehicles cost less to own than the best-selling gas-powered vehicles in their class

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Owning a plug-in electric vehicle today will save consumers thousands of dollars compared to owning a gas-powered vehicle, according to a new analysis by Consumer Reports comparing electrics to CR’s top-rated vehicles, as well as the best-selling, most efficient, and best-performing gasoline-powered vehicles on the market.

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EV Life is awarded CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission to make financing electric cars cheaper than gas vehicles.

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The grant will fund the development of a fintech platform to empower EV buyers to save up to $200/month on electric vehicle loans. EV Life, a car site dedicated exclusively to electric vehicles, announced that it was 1 of 28 companies to win a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing Chevrolet Equinox EV

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Release Date: Fall 2023 Starting Price: $30,000 Chevrolet has become a pioneer in the electric vehicle market. Building on the success of the popular and affordable Bolt EV and Bolt EUV , the automaker has continued to expand its electric offerings to include EV versions of several of its most popular models.

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing a Ford F-150 Lightning

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The debut in 2021 of the all-electric version of America’s most popular pickup truck, the Ford F-150 Lightning , marked a major shift in the truck landscape. Since then, Ford has continued to introduce improvements to its popular all-electric truck, even winning MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year in 2023. Clean Vehicle Assistance Program.

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EV charging network builder Volta announces $125M in Series D funding

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Volta, a builder of commerce-centric electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $125 million. Goldman Sachs acted as exclusive placement agent to the company in connection with the financing. —Scott Mercer, Founder and CEO of Volta.

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Ford reveals 2022 E-Transit battery-electric van

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Ford unveiled the 2022 E-Transit van, an all-electric version of the world’s best-selling cargo van. E-Transit offers the same interior cargo dimensions and standard mounting points for continued integration with hundreds of upfitters and vehicle modifiers worldwide who provide compatible racks, bins and accessories on gas-powered Transit.

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DOE to fund development of processes to aggregate purchases of alt-fuel and advanced vehicles; goal is cost reduction and accelerated adoption

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DOE plans ( DE-FOA-0001236 ) to issue in the February 2015 timeframe a funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0001237) to develop and to implement effective purchasing/procurement processes designed to coordinate and consolidate bulk alternative fuel vehicle and advanced vehicle orders and thus reduce the per-unit prices of commercially-available vehicles.

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