Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. Increasing political animus towards the ethanol tax credit, which was “ begrudgingly renewed for one year in the lame-duck tax bill.” Strong pre-sales of electrics in the US by commercial enterprises. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

All models have dual motors for four-wheel drive capability and the F-150 Lightning sells from about US$50K (minus taxes and on-road costs), which is US$10K more than it launched at. That has since changed as the company turned its focus to its commercial vehicles. Expect EV range of up to 800km and fast charging capability.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

mpg out of the Chevrolet Aveo 1.2s, an improvement of 16.17 Vans, or light commercial vehicles (LCV) were not to be outdone and proved what could be achieved if driven more thoughtfully. The Government last year also changed the company car tax regime to reward vehicles with a sub -120 CO2 grams per kilometre rating.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

While batteries were an omnipresent topic at the conference, due to their critical role in enabling range and cost, there was a specific panel session on battery futures moderated by Denise Gray, GM’s Global Battery Systems Engineering Director. (GM Participants on this panel included: Yet Ming Chiang, Ph.D., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

In response to the Presidential Auto Task Force Report that concluded that the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was unlikely to be commercially successful in the short-term due to its cost ( earlier post ), Plug In America is proposing a plan to make GM’s Chevy Volt and other plug-in cars more affordable. Chelsea Sexton. Chelsea Sexton.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences. The designs can be greatly improved to be more cost-effective. These examples of versatility explain why we call the PHEV a new paradigm.

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Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

It’s been on sale in Europe for a year, as has the Cargo commercial-van variant. That puts it in the company of the VW New Beetle, the Mini Cooper, and perhaps the Chrysler PT Cruiser and Chevrolet HHR. Now we just have to learn when it’ll show up, how far it’ll go, and what it costs.

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EV Life

AUGUST 17, 2022

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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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. government will cover some of the costs. will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. The best thing about the Nissan is the expected price range of $25K- $34K.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

One Bloomberg study found 341 miles was the average range desired, while Deloitte Consulting’s 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study found US consumers want to be able to travel 518 miles on a fully charged battery in a BEV that costs $50,000 or less. Driver’s side view of 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV 3LT.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

According to a price survey conducted by BloombergNEF , automakers soon will be producing models that are “as affordable—and as profitable—as comparable combustion engine models, and without the help of tax subsidies.” But at many levels, price parity may be the easiest part of the EV adoption equation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The car is expected to cost around $40,000. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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