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OPINION: Musk’s distaste for Biden incentives would even EV playing field

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk had an idea during an interview last evening with the Wall Street Journal: Get rid of government incentives for everyone, including electric vehicles, gas, and oil subsidies. However, other companies, like Ford, General Motors, and others, who are working to transition to EVs, are getting the attention.

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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

The Truth About Cars

Some thought the idea of a faux exhaust system, designed to help EVs mimic the howl of a V8, was a cringe-worthy gimmick. But others felt it broke new ground in terms of vehicular sound design and would ensure electric cars could retain some of the magic of combustion vehicles.

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Why Your Auto Dealership Needs EV Charging Stations

EV Connect

million global EV sales in 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that EV sales were already up 75% year over year in the first quarter of 2022. But with that growing demand for more EVs on the lot comes the need for a charging infrastructure to support them. consumers reported knowing much about EVs.

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Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs

My Energi

What’s more, with a hefty associated price tag, is it possible to further maximise efficiencies and reduce the payback on your investment. Unless you have a comprehensive battery set-up, it’s most likely that you’ll export sustainable power at periods of low consumption and buy it back at a more expensive rate when you need it.

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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

That’s how he navigated the 18 years he served in the Oregon House of Representatives , where he marshalled the help of environmental and clean energy organizations to pass a remarkable number of pro-electric vehicle (EV) bills that became state laws and/or regulations. It saves the farmers from buying diesel fuel and breathing diesel fumes.

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

Jack Rosebro, founder of Perfect Sky in Los Angeles [and a contributor to Green Car Congress ], spoke of the need for government policy makers to move beyond incremental changes that are not providing enough incentive for the market to produce alternatives to oil as the almost exclusive source of energy for road and rail transportation.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! Specifically, there were lots of arguments ahead of the unveil that one or more of the ‘Tesla FSD stack/data/EV experience’ was going to let them leapfrog all of the other companies in the space and I didn’t see any of that. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Will Jackson. BACK TO TOP ↑ ].

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