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Electric semis might get up to $40,000 credit under reconciliation bill moving through Congress

Green Car Reports

As Congress moves to extend and expand the federal EV tax credit for passenger cars, it's also considering a bill that would add a first-ever tax credit for electric commercial vehicles.

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Congress Pushes Back Against AM Radio's Decline

The Truth About Cars

The elderly folks in Congress don’t often understand new technology, but they perk right up when somebody tries to take away something they are familiar with. We poke fun at Congress, but to be fair, AM radio plays a vital role in disseminating safety alerts and other information across large geographic areas.

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Heating Oil Consumers Are Facing a Crisis Next Winter

Green Energy Consumers

For months, we have seen rising energy costs – natural gas, electricity, and gasoline. But this blog is about the heating oil market as it would affect consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the rest of New England.

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

Creative Greenius

We are an on-line community of people who are passionate about Electric Vehicles and we’re not shy about it. We have come together to find and organize the best content from blogs and other web sites. "Revenge of the Electric Car" director, Chris Payne, in his new Tesla. Electric Car Blog.

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Lawmakers Demand Details On Ford’s Battery Partnership

The Truth About Cars

Limited (CATL) while threatening to call in CEO Jim Farley to testify before Congress. While the official reason given was that the facility may not be able to operate competitively depending on how contract negotiations progressed with the United Auto Workers, there seems to be members of Congress fretting over the prospect of U.S.

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Automakers' Protests Against AM Radio Have Always Been About Money

The Truth About Cars

AM radio listeners tend to skew toward right-wing media, which hasn’t been so welcoming of electric vehicles. There’s overwhelming support for the AM radio legislation in Congress, and officials from agencies like FEMA have spoken out in support. Others point to the gross overestimates of expenses related to keeping AM radio.

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Study estimates Bitcoin will use half a percent of the world’s electric energy by end of 2018

Green Car Congress

Bitcoin’s burgeoning electricity demands have attracted almost as much attention as the cryptocurrency’s wildly fluctuating value. However, estimating exactly how much electricity the Bitcoin network uses, necessary for understanding its impact and implementing policy, remains a challenge. —Alex de Vries. de Vries (2018).

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