Plug in America

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Clean Vehicle Tax Credits Clean vehicle tax credits kicked into high gear in 2023. New federal EV tax credits were expanded and updated, and credits for used and commercial EVs became available for the first time in January. Join us as we recap highlights from 2023 and flag big things to expect in 2024.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

The South Korean automakers topped GM and Ford even without their EVs qualifying for the IRA tax credit (only through leasing). Much of their success is due to building EVs from the ground up. Unlike Ford and GM, which have delayed EV initiatives, Hyundai and Kia are focusing on building for the future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

With the launch of this newest fuel-efficient engine, Ford now has capacity to build 1.6 liter engine benefits from signature EcoBoost turbocharging, direct fuel injection and variable valve timing, and has been designed to be even more fuel efficient and offer high levels of refinement, quietness and performance.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Vehicle tax credits or rebates. Further, the authors note, building up charging infrastructure is central to US policy. These large investments presuppose that a dense, elaborate network of charging stations is required to meet the needs of mainstream PEV driver—and may be based on experience with other alternative fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2010

The new eight-speed automatic transmission, licensed from ZF, will contribute to a corporate fuel economy improvement goal of more than 25% by 2014. to accommodate production of a new fuel-efficient eight-speed automatic transmission for future Chrysler Group vehicles. optimizes fuel consumption by lowering the speed level.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Local property tax incentives for new investments at the site.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

Strong economy-wide pricing measures (such as a $5.00 per gallon fuel tax by 2050) could result in an additional reduction of 28% in GHG emissions. The Moving Cooler baseline extrapolated these projections further to 2050, resulting in a potential doubling or greater of fleet fuel efficiency. Moving Cooler. percent to 0.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

To increase overall automobile fuel economy substantially, the government calls for a focus on hybrid technology; the development of a dedicated hybrid engine and the electromechanical coupling devices; and support for the implementation of efficient internal combustion engines. Electric drive system power density of 2.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

pushes to jump start sales and build. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy tests and an estimate 833. and will likely cost about $32,500 after a federal tax rebate, he said. . “They can dip their toe in the water without. making a big commitment of a purchase.&#. all-electric car across the U.S.,

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

A new midsize EV SUV Contender Clean Fleet Report was both intrigued and curious about an all-new car from an all new company from a country that is not known for building cars. It has announced it’s building of a vehicle and battery manufacturing plant in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company exudes confidence and optimism.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 24, 2024

The Solterra may qualify federal and state tax credits THAT may affect your final price, so speak with your CPA before heading into your local Subaru dealer. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

Fuel consumption ( ECE ) 1 (L/100km). 1 Given that US EPA fuel economy figures for the vehicles are not yet available, we are using the ECE fuel consumption figures from Europe as a means to provide a comparison across vehicles, and are providing the estimated EPA figure where available. Estimated EPA MPGe. >59.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

The French carmaker has responded by designing and building a modern family wagon that is modern looking, safe and practical. Renault has managed to shave up to £2,000 off the price of a Scenic compared with the last-generation model, despite building an improved and (probably) more reliable car. It also falls in Insurance group 6E.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP). The 600 hybrid vehicles in the State fleet will be retrofitted to be PHEVs.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

When it comes to building greener cars, everyone’s at it. This new BlueEfficiency model has been tweaked by Mercedes engineers to return better fuel economy and emit less carbon dioxide – but not by a huge amount. It does this by the addition of a stop/start mechanism, as found in models from the likes of BMW.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 25, 2022

Federal and state tax credits may affect your final price, so speak with your CPA before heading into your local Subaru dealer. There are several reasons why major car companies would get together to jointly build a car. Pricing and Warranties. Room to fill. Premium $46,220. Limited $49,720. Touring $53,220.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

A VNT turbocharger ensures an immediate response and fast build-up of output in the lower engine speed range along with appealing performance at high revs—the compact engine behaves like a large one in terms of power delivery. Prices for the Vito 109 CDI panel van will start at €17,990 (US$24,200) in Germany (excluding value-added tax).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 9, 2022

Three of these are specifically targeted at the auto industry: a reboot of the federal tax credits for EV purchases; a major investment in EV charging infrastructure; and a new set of fuel economy […].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Confirming future increases in fuel duty. The new fuel economy label which confirms the new VED rates will be available for download from the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) website [link]. Company Car Tax. P11d value**.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

moves to tighten fuel-economy and greenhouse gasrules. So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 In July, itopened an assembly line in Japan to build its FCX Clarity. Toyota Motor Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 2:36 To hell with gas, drive this Meeting fuel efficiency standards Besides the obvious public relations value - and there will be a ton of that - electric cars like the Circuit could help Chrysler meet stricter fuel economy standards. Pricing for the Circuit has not been announced but will likely undercut the Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Put another way, the rightsizing approach combines the fuel economy benefits of downsizing with the power of a larger-displacement unit. Fuel economy city/hwy/comb. The net effect is lower fuel consumption and more torque than the 2.0-liter Third, the EA888 2.0TSI Gen.3 Height (in). Curb weight (lb). tbd/40/tbd.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Charging nightly and driving less than 29 miles will mean less need for hydrogen fuel, which is currently available at only about 50 stations in California. MPGe fuel economy is rated at 61 mpg city/52 highway/57 combined using the electric battery and compressed hydrogen fuel. DC Fast Charging is not available.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2023

These ambitious standards are readily achievable thanks to President Biden's 'Investing in America' agenda, which is already driving historic progress to build more American-made electric cars and secure America's global competitiveness.” Officially, the EPA is not allowed to mandate that carmakers build electric vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 11, 2022

It is one thing to build a new vehicle, but developing one offering so many different appealing technologies and features will draw buyers with broad interests and lifestyles. You may qualify for federal and individual state tax incentives. Please speak with your tax professional or go to a government website for more information.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

While the fuel economy of ICEs is expected to improve by an average of 30% by 2020, costs also increase due to full hybridization and further measures such as the use of lighter weight materials. However, it notes, an orchestrated investment plan is required to build up the first critical mass of hydrogen supply.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Successful schemes should be designed to capture CO2, fuel economy, NOx and safety benefits. The key objective of any plan is to enable the roll out of an effective charging system that builds confidence in EVs and meets consumer demands. . This could include co-investment and mandating installation in certain buildings etc. .

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. 61) REPORT: Buyer perception holding back U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. We imagine you objecting: “Oh no, we’ll have to build lots more power plants!”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. The expansion will add an assembly line to build lithium batteries for automotive applications.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

market share, the third-largest nameplate in Canada, unsurpassed 25 highway mile per gallon fuel economy and sales in more than 80 countries. i would like to see maybe Smith America build a conversion of their current cars, maybe have a retrofit model so you dont have to get rid of the trucks at all, just upgrade!

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Plug In Partners

JULY 12, 2007

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison M omentum for Plug-ins continues to build as two of the biggest names in transportation and energy meet. Senate last month approved sharp increases in fuel economy standards and is considering a package of tax credits for consumers who purchase plug-in vehicles and the companies that make them.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act—a sweeping package of tax, health care and climate measures—was like the happy ending to one of those heartwarming “Save Christmas” stories. The revamped tax credit scheme is clearly a great improvement over its predecessor. Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act.

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