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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Move over, cash for clunkers. “We can set the stage for it, with a wide range of tax credits,&# said Sen. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET. By Judith Burns. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)

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

Green Car Congress

And oil only seems cheap. 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. We’ll add targeted incentives to jump-start this successor to the $4,500 “Cash for Clunkers” program.

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