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Equity: More important than ever

Electric Auto Association

Therefore, it is imperative that all stakeholders working to increase the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) do whatever is necessary to ensure equitable access to all. This proximity brings a greater risk of harm by higher levels of benzene , sulfuric acid , mercury , and other potentially dangerous substances.

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PHEV Blowback

Plug In Partners

Healey , USA TODAY The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. Mercury is toxic. " 26) could lead to misperceptions about the environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid vehicles. 26) could lead to misperceptions about the environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Green Car Congress

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents per kWh.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. and at CalCars-News.

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