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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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However, achieving either goal would likely require governments offering hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in EV subsidies to ICE owners over the next decade, not to mention significant investments in EV charging infrastructure and the electrical grid. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. We are addicted to the gasoline tax both at the State and Federal level. The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Call it the EV2?

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