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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

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Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2017. Even though the government’s Cash for Clunkers program is long gone, many local car dealers still offer those types of rebates, so the research has real-world implications. —Michael Wiles. —Michael Wiles. Chadwick J.

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With HVIP vouchers, California fleets can buy new electric trucks for less than new Tier 4 diesels; funding queue for next year filling fast

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB), in partnership with CALSTART, launched the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more efficient trucks and buses in California. Requests are a few pages long and can be approved within days.

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Embracing a century of EV history

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But then I realized that I’m an engineer, not a dealer of anything. I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said. We’ve worked to elevate Hoosier EVA and to provide resources,” said Zach Schalk, SUN’s Indiana Program Director who also serves as Hoosier EVA’s Media Director. “We

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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The software upgrade is based upon patented technology developed by Chicago-based Ewert Energy Systems , which has granted PICC exclusive rights for its use in Prius conversion kits. PICC will begin California Air Resources Board emissions-control certification testing later this month. (PICC) has completed a software upgrade to its 6.1

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

But then I realized that I’m an engineer, not a dealer of anything. I’d been driving my Honda Insight to Chicago every couple of months for chapter meetings,” Steiner said. We’ve worked to elevate Hoosier EVA and to provide resources,” said Zach Schalk, SUN’s Indiana Program Director who also serves as Hoosier EVA’s Media Director. “We

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. Earlier post.).

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