Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

According to the study, historically, approximately one of every five vehicles sold is financed by home-value appreciation, a ratio that’s likely to decrease with the continuing stagnancy in home values. House appreciation historically has been used to finance the purchase of a new vehicle about 20% of the time. million in 2006.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry Auto 199

Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2022

But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. I researched the technology, then the opportunity, the business, the competition, the people, the financing, the history. A year later we decided to build a new, superefficient house in Tahoe.

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Tahoe Google Installation Building 90

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

For some (not all) use cases, the economic advantages of going electric have been clear for a long time, and yet we’ve seen a dozen EV manufacturers go bust while trying to address the commercial market, while fleet operators continue to buy diesel vehicles, which continue to belch out clouds of oily black smoke. They buy to make money.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BYD Executive Vice President and CEO of BYD Americas sat down with Yahoo Finance , and talked about the Chinese automaker’s lack of presence in the US Market and the global electric vehicle (EV) market. I just can’t emphasize this enough: that the vast majority of people buying a car is about the monthly payment.

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