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ICCT study details differences in fiscal policies to support uptake of EVs across 11 major markets

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Tax exemptions and subsidies are playing a key role in spurring electric vehicle markets, but in widely divergent ways, the report by Peter Mock and Zifei Yang finds. The Netherlands has the second-highest market share, with about 5.6%, followed by California (about 4% in 2013). Market share of new EVs in select markets, 2013 and 2014.

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Bain: Germany’s goal of 1M electric cars by 2020 is unattainable; fewer than 50,000 units on road by end of this year

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In terms of international electric car market share, Germany with 0.6% (as of 1Q 2015) is far behind Norway (33.1%) and the Netherlands (5.7%). Klaus Stricker, Head of Global Automotive Practice Group at Bain & Company. The more than 50% decrease in Li-ion costs in the coming years will fuel structural change, Bain said.

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The Electrifying Opportunities for EVs in 2024  

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Medium and heavy-duty vehicles may take advantage of tax credits up to $40,000, while credits of $7,500 may be awarded for smaller light-duty commercial vehicles. [6] Where time-of-use rates or other EV tariffs are in place, depots may shift charging to off-peak tariff periods, further shrinking the total cost of ownership of the fleet.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. Total Cost of Ownership: An analysis of 17 popular 2017 models found ZEVs can already be price competitive now, without government incentives.

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Mad Power thoughts

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The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Gas is so last-century, you know!

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 Additional highlights of the 9 th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015 report include: China saw by far the biggest renewable energy investments in 2014—a record $83.3 billion, up 39% from 2013.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Rapid expansion of the ethanol industry is creating global supply/demand issues. Conclusion.