Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The US has up to now adhered to the user-fee principle in financing transportation infrastructure—i.e., But fuel tax revenues have not kept pace because the federal government and most states have not increased gasoline tax rates since early 1990s, while inflation has eroded their real buying power. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Since our cars and trucks use almost two-thirds of the oil we buy, the quickest way to cut oil use is to free transportation from its grip. Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids, depending on how they’re built and the range their drivers need.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. Tags: evdriven. (Yes, still a few years away. Yep, a truck.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Where Can I Buy One? Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Tags: ev evdriven. Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Going faster than that triggers the car’s gasoline-powered engine, transforming the vehicle back into a traditional hybrid. Both cars will be subject to the new CARB rules, but GM and Toyota should have no problem affording the rigorous tests or financing the warranty requirements.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

My friend (same one who made the ice cream truck sound effect comment to me) asked me if this was some kind of conspiracy from gasoline advocates to try and further delay mass acceptance of EVs. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Worried about your finances and the crash of the economy? You’ll have free fuel for life for your new clean burning electric car, you’ll end your dependence on gasoline of any kind and you’ll stop pumping more C02 into the atmosphere. So don’t buy another car until you can go electric. That’s 18 months away.

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