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Boost Your Savings: Best US States for Electric Vehicle Incentives

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Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular as people seek eco-friendly alternatives to traditional gasoline-powered cars. Many states in the US offer various incentives to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles, making it more affordable for consumers to make the switch.

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Feature: Are Eco-Friendly Cars Expensive to Own?

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A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. Hybrids and EVs can cost you less. Moreover, electric cars use regenerative braking that reduces wear and tear compared to traditional brakes.

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DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2 of Danbury, Connecticut will receive $900,000 to develop a novel hybrid system for low-cost, low greenhouse gas hydrogen production. million to develop a reactor for hydrogen production from bio-derived liquids. FuelCell Energy Inc. Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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government recently backed down from enacting tough new measures that would have forced automakers to quadruple their sales of electric vehicles by 2030. Even if Washington hadn’t buckled to outside pressure, the U.S. The move would have raised market share of all-electric vehicles in the U.S. degrees C (2.7 degrees F).”

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

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Study Ranks Best and Worst Places To Drive Electric. The cost of buying and running an EV varies depending on where you live. When the numbers were tallied, states in the East and West Coasts clearly led the way as the best places to go electric. In some states going electric saves you more.

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Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Fleet Passes 1M-Mile Mark In Project Driveway

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On Friday, the fleet of Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell electric vehicles involved in GM’s Project Driveway—the largest consumer fuel cell vehicle demonstration project to date ( earlier post )—passed the 1-million mile mark. The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell electric vehicle is equipped with a GM fourth-generation, 93 kW fuel cell stack.

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Mid-project data from Oak Ridge study suggests hydrogen vehicles could have up to 70% market share by 2050

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David Greene and colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) presented at the DOE 2012 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs Annual Merit Review meetings in Washington this week. gallon of gasoline equivalent to $4.0;

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