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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”. Mr. Immelt’s point is that the spike in oil prices to $147/barrel in 2008 is not enough on its own to get automakers to make electric vehicles. They need to do much better than this.

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Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

Green Car Congress

It allows more consumers to buy some electric driving sooner, and thus to experience and form value for electric driving. the first time in your entire lives you’ve ever heard the EPA and the OEMs agree on something: tax the fuel. Start talking about more than just climate change. Tax the fuel.” Ken Kurani.

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Report: California Gasoline No Longer the Most Expensive

The Truth About Cars

Despite California historically being America’s most expensive state in which to buy a gallon of fuel, other regions occasionally manage to swipe the title away. From The Seattle Times : Now oil companies are choosing to pass on the compliance fees, the experts say. Some are calling for the repeal of the climate legislation altogether.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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