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Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

Green Car Congress

1 km 2 (depending on adoption rate and the fuel price to electricity price ratio) and an equally-large North-American city to increase by about 1?4 Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5 For example, in a city with 300 km 2 of impervious surfaces (e.g.

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What EV has the Best Bang for the Buck?

Clean Fleet Report

Bronson, Tampa, FL With some 43 new battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) debuting in the U.S. The increased competition among carmakers for your EV dollars means lower prices all around; indeed 14 different EVs sport sticker prices of $40,000 or below. provide the most bang for the buck?

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

Charged EVs

Charged : Can you tell us how the driver network and pricing system works? Each business sets their own pricing, and we’ve seen pricing go as little as 10 bucks per charge. Some will set a flat price, and some will do it based on distance. Now Tampa Bay EV owners can start getting range delivered.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

Green Car Congress

The new metric gives fleet owners, operators, municipalities, and policymakers a direct apples-to-apples comparison between gasoline or diesel fuel and electricity pricing. Unlike gasoline or diesel fuel prices, electricity prices can vary significantly on a kWh basis. At about $0.19/kWh

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Battery Based On Advanced Metal Hydrides A project team from the University of Utah will develop an advanced metal hydride-based compact hot and cold battery. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. Florida, Tampa). battery for EVs.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

The Tampa Bay Times reports that House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) said: I think it’s very similar to offshore drilling. And state Senator Jay Collins (R-Tampa) had this to say about the impending wind turbine ban: I think there are many causes [to climate change] and I think our weather patterns are cyclic. …

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