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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

You buy your own solar panels, you power your house and your car, and the utility wants to get paid for your doing that.” Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. It’s theoretically supposed to make up for loss of gas tax revenue, but it’s just not fair,” said Schwanke. “I

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

Green Car Congress

The SSI study captures 12 different PEV models from eight vehicle manufacturers, including GM (Chevrolet Volt); Nissan (LEAF); Tesla (Model S); Ford (Focus EV, C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi); Honda (Fit EV and Accord PHEV); Toyota (Prius Plug-in and RAV4 EV); Mitsubishi (i-MiEV); and Daimler (Smart Fortwo ED). —Cahill et al.

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

Oft-overlooked in favour of WLTP ranges and tax incentives, the simple joy of driving an EV is rarely spoken about. Since 1st July 2019, it has been a legal requirement for new EVs to be fitted with noise-making devices behind the bumpers. Road tax for example is completely nil if you drive an EV. Until now, that is.

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

Federal EV Tax Credit. To accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), the US Government offers a federal EV tax credit of up to $7500 to anyone purchasing or leasing an electric car. As one might imagine, car dealerships are excited to share the $7500 tax credit to encourage you to buy a car. .

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

You can buy it now. How many millions have they spent to develop a vehicle that you cant buy, that no one is prepared to service and that most Americans wouldnt want if you gave it to them? Give me a vanilla version without the revenue generating doodads and Ill buy one or two. Maybe three. Look at it this way.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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