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The Nissan Leaf is Eligible for a $3,750 Tax Credit Again

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The automaker announced that the car has regained eligibility for federal tax credits, though for only half of the maximum $7,500. It’s followed not-so-closely by the Mini Cooper SE, but regaining tax credit eligibility is a significant boost. has a free-trade agreement. Image: Nissan] Become a& TTAC insider.

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EPA recognizes Volkswagen Chattanooga with a Green Power Leadership Award for on-site generation

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The array is the largest system of its kind in the North American automotive industry and in the state of Tennessee. Prior to opening the Solar Park, the Chattanooga plant became the first auto plant in the world to receive LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council in 2012.

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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

Charged EVs

The company is currently building a graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama. Fast forward to today and Westwater is building a graphite plant in Alabama, and people are eager to buy our capacity. If you do the math and make some assumptions, it means $550-600 of the total tax credit is attributable just to graphite.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. - They’re going to hit the market next fall, but will target Tennessee (where they will be made) and Oregon and Sonoma County, initially. Buying one of these will cost about half what the Tesla Model S will cost and you can get it a full year earlier.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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Increasing political animus towards the ethanol tax credit, which was “ begrudgingly renewed for one year in the lame-duck tax bill.” More governmental consumer incentives (rebates or tax credits) to encourage the purchase of new electrics and plug-in electrics. An explosion of hybrid sales in Japan.

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Packaging second-life EV batteries into a plug-and-play energy storage system

Charged EVs

They have manufacturing space in Tennessee, and they have repurposing programs through their North American headquarters, so we can source, procure and quality-control batteries directly from them. Charged: If a car gets totaled, you might buy the battery pack on the salvage market? For example, Nissan. Antoni Tong: Correct.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Price and tax incentives need to be worked out. By TODD WOODY and CLIFFORD KRAUSS.