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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. keeps getting cleaner, meaning that these benefits will continue to grow in future years. manufacturing investment to the tune of $87 billion since late 2021. jobs associated with battery and EV manufacturing.

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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. And magically, as more electricity comes from lower-carbon fuel sources, our cars will get cleaner as they get older! But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap. We have cleaner, cheaper, safer ways to drive everywhere. Its impacts are increasingly unaffordable.

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First Drive: 2023 Ford Super Duty Lineup

The Truth About Cars

Fortunately, the Blue Oval invited us to take a gander at the new trucks at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds earlier this month. Full Disclosure: Ford invited me out to the 3,880 acres that make up the Michigan Proving Grounds in Romeo. Though these are not cheap trucks. liter diesel V8.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). It can be used to help industry make adjustments to adopt cleaner production processes or to support private efforts to invent new technologies that involve lower emissions. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions. Another three U.S.

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