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Electric bus market and trends 

Electric Vehicles India

The cost of the electric vehicles is more due to the cost of the battery that counts 40% of the electric bus. The average cost of the lithium-ion battery packs for large orders has fallen from about $600 a kilowatt-hour in 2015 to $150 a kilowatt-hour in 2020 according to the report of the ReportLinker.

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EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

Green Car Congress

EERC envisions that such a process would eliminate the prohibitive infrastructure costs of nationwide hydrogen transportation and storage so that hydrogen refueling could be accessible and affordable. The EERC is currently seeking federal co-funding for that project.

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GE and Better Place Partner to Accelerate EV Infrastructure Deployment; Integrating GE WattStation with Better Place Services

Green Car Congress

This partnership will allow consumers that manage charging costs under Better Place’s network to charge their vehicles using GE’s WattStation. The goal is to convert corporate fleet owners to electric fleets, so owners reap both the economic benefits of lower cost of ownership as well as reducing harmful carbon emissions.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

The cost of a fill up is approximately $2.00. Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. They join Canadian companies Veridian Corporation and Feel Good Cars as Plug-In Partners. The CityCat model will clock out at 68 mph with a driving range of 125 miles.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. It is significantly more cost effective to install charge points in new builds. Drive Electric analysis suggests that an EV charger installed in a new home will add an approximate cost of $2,000.

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Pike Research makes 10 electric vehicle predictions for 2013

Green Car Congress

Noting that higher voltage (42V) batteries were tried—and failed—more than a decade ago, Pike said that at that time, converting all onboard electronics to the higher voltage was viewed as impractical, and the cost of DC-to-DC converters was prohibitive.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA.

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