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Lobbyists Estimate Billions in Fines If New Fuel Economy Rules Adopted

The Truth About Cars

Proposed rules would change these calculations and likely saddle EVs and PHEVs with MPGe values far below the digits they garner today. Automakers tend to buy credits or pay fines if they cannot meet CAFE requirements. billion under the new rules, while the bill at Stellantis would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.0

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Tesla Tax Credit: How Californians Can Save $15,000 with EV Credits and Rebates

EV Life

Buying a new car is one of the most significant purchases you’ll likely make in your life, so you want to make sure you’re getting the best deal available. Qualified residents can receive grants of up to $5,000 in buy-down assistance and special financing, plus free vehicle charging and installation.

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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

Green Car Congress

Currently, SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), both battery electric (BEVs, for about 35%) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs, for about 65%)—about 10% of national EV sales. SCE estimates that by 2020, there will be about 350,000 PEVs in its service territory.) —Ed Kjaer.

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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

Clean Fleet Report

I love several things about the Volt that tipped my decision to buy out the lease and keep on driving—mostly on electricity: The Lectron charger has style and speed. Finally, the pleasant surprise at the end of my lease was something I wasn’t expecting—my Volt was worth substantially more than the buy-out.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

Green Car Congress

it would bring down the neighborhood. but as PHEVs proliferate there will be a need for fast charging at service stations and highway rest stops then the anode will play a role. For a PHEV CPI expects ten to twenty cells to make up a module and ten to twenty modules make up the pack. Mini-cells” Source: LG Chem, ALBAA 2008.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

Berkeley will have a higher percentage than Fresno—it will not be unlikely for 3-5 PEVs to show up on one neighborhood circuit in Berkeley, overwhelming the local circuit, and leading to blackouts, he said. ” Furthermore, given that the distribution of PEVs will not be homogeneous—e.g., Earlier post.).

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