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Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

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Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. For example, an average plug-in hybrid vehicle with a battery capacity of 16 kWh would be eligible for the maximum tax credit of $7,500. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen of America to invest $10M in EV charging infrastructure by 2016; calls for more legislative support to spur EV adoption

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Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations. Sommer’s list of needed measures at the Federal, state, regional and local levels included: Congressional support for a consistent and predictable tax policy for electric drive vehicles and infrastructure. This should be a U.S.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

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I’ve always been involved with sustainability and my husband and I wanted to lower our carbon footprint,” said Sinclair, who has spent many years working in the sustainable energy world, most recently at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Sinclair asserted that additional EV education for dealers would benefit women, too. “In

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And magically, as more electricity comes from lower-carbon fuel sources, our cars will get cleaner as they get older! Right now, buyers of new plug-in cars get up to $7,500 in tax credits.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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If customer expectations are inflated (by automakers, dealers, power companies, environmental groups, and/or government officials) relative to what is actually experienced, the reputational damage to the technology could be significant and possibly irreparable. Policy Instruments. The recommendations include: Technology-Neutral Policies.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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on a path to reducing emissions more than 40% below 2005 levels, per a Princeton University analysis of the measure’s impacts : expanded tax credits for EVs, batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.). carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.). and a third).

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. —Andrew Wheeler.