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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Green Car Congress

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. This is more than the bottom 60% of users combined. The top 20% of gasoline users burn 48%.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Genesis GV70 EV AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Driving mostly in the Comfort or Sport modes (and refraining from depressing the Boost button too often) we returned to our starting point with a 7% battery charge. The ride is luxury Smooth Ride The GV70 EV ride is balanced and confident, with the 5,038-pound weight (1,063 pounds from the under-floor battery) low and centered.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Dramatically increase our fundamental knowledge of the physical structure of biopolymers in plant cell walls to provide a basis for improved methods for converting biomass into fuels. Understand and control the nature, structure, and dynamics of reactions at electrodes in fuel cells, batteries, solar photovoltaics, and catalysts.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Most recently, he implemented strategies that secured approximately $30 million in funding for local government entities and non-profits in California, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. Taking people for rides in my battery electric vehicle (BEV) and talking to them have been effective.

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DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

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The Zero-carbon Ammonia-Powered Turboelectric (ZAPTurbo) Propulsion System is a very high efficiency and light weight turboelectric system that uses green ammonia as both a fuel and a coolant via regenerative cooling. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Raytheon Technologies Research Center. Marquette University.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Most recently, he implemented strategies that secured approximately $30 million in funding for local government entities and non-profits in California, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, and the District of Columbia. Taking people for rides in my battery electric vehicle (BEV) and talking to them have been effective.