Plug in America

AUGUST 4, 2025

On July 4, 2025, a tax-and-spending bill officially named “The Act” was signed into law. Termination of consumer clean vehicle tax credits – September 30 The last reconciliation package passed in 2022 reauthorized and expanded consumer tax credits for new, used, and commercial electric vehicles.

Tax Credit

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2025

The vertical dash air vents mimic the tail light design, while the instrument cluster, infotainment screen and dash section in front of the passenger are all horizontal, as are the door inserts. GMC designers took that familiar look and updated it with LED lighting front and rear, softer corners and the MultiPro tailgate.

Hummer

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Sharp wheels with vents The Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 265/40 summer tires were mounted on optional sharp-looking 19-inch M aero bi-color multi-spoke light-alloy wheels. There may also be federal and state tax incentives that would bring the price into the mid-$50,000 range. See your tax advisor for details. seconds Battery: 83.9

BMW

Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2025

But its also taxing resources, raising the cost of living and contributing to a housing shortage for workers. Ellie Light, 28, a traveler from Dallas, had just returned from an Antarctic cruise and was wandering among downtown Ushuaias souvenir shops where penguin figurines are a hot commodity.

Argentina

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 12, 2025

We didn’t do any off-roading or towing, but with an 11,000-pound rating, a 2-inch Class V receiver rated at 1,155-pound tongue weight, a weight distributing hitch, a 7-pin connector for lights and brake controls and high-definition back-up camera to aid in hitching, the R1T is ready to go. This video explains the modes and towing.

All-Electric

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 9, 2025

Some features on the Buzz one could never have imagined on a VW bus from long ago, including LED head and tail lights with the fronts being adaptive to oncoming headlights, and dynamic, meaning they move in the direction of a turn. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

Re-Charge

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

It also charged me 64 cents for each kilowatt: including tax, the $18.88 The exorbitant cost of EA charging aside, the GLC 350e performs remarkably like the other GLC cars, with about 700 pounds more packed into it, that is. total for the equivalent of a days commute leaves me at a loss.

Mercedes

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 22, 2025

The level of regeneration can be set on the touchscreen, opting between Light, Standard and Firm. The electronic power steering, with three modes (standard, firm and light) is agile and has enough welcomed power to handle the 5,445-pound SUV. The LED lighting design continues in the turn indicators, tail and brake lights.

Motors

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2025

As of this story being written (May 2025) there is a US government 30% tax credit for homeowners who install an EV charger, with both the charger and installation covered by the rebate. The nose is smooth and rounded, topped by a single and continuous LED blade for the daytime running lights. Scooting 0-60 mph is about 7.2

Hyundai

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 20, 2025

The head and tail lights, with a parametric pixel design, have become a Hyundai trademark. Because of this we dont address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Another design tool to create interior space is, when the Ioniq 9 is viewed from above, the Boat-tail design.

Hyundai

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

Maintenance

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. —Bruce Belzowski. Alternative powertrain sales.

Gasoline

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge. Other findings of note include: Cars depreciate faster than light trucks.

Transportation

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Several states offer tax incentives to reduce the upfront cost of PEVs to consumers. These incentives are in addition to a federal (nationwide) tax credit, which ranges from $2,500 to $7,500 depending on battery capacity and gross vehicle weight. sales and use tax. Electric vehicles per 1,000 vehicles.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The cost of use is lower with ë-Berlingo Van: the cost of electricity consumption is five times lower than the cost of fuel for a traditional van and because its maintenance is simpler, it is estimated to be 30% less expensive. There are tax incentives in most European countries. ë-Berlingo van range.

Available

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The Electrification Roadmap calls for 75% of light-duty VMT in the US to be electric by 2040. Achieving this will require a minimum of 25% of new light-duty vehicles purchased in the US to be grid-enabled vehicles (GEV) by 2020. As a result, oil consumption in the light-duty fleet would be reduced to just 2.0 Click to enlarge.

Light

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

Congress

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions. Cost assessments represent a final cost/price to the consumer, excluding taxes on the final product (e.g.,

Fuel

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 784 into law, thereby exempting zero-emissions transit buses from state sales tax until 2024. A cutaway bus includes an original van or light- or medium-duty truck chassis that has been reinforced or extended.

Tax

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

2005

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

Since some 36% of diesel is used off-road, such as on farms, by manufacturing, industrial and commercial ventures, and boats, a fuel tax for road use would impose an unfair burden onto these sectors, the government says.). The financial impact is similar for a light diesel vehicle subject to road user charges. tonnes or less.

New Zealand

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

While moderate in terms of volume, the growth rate for NEVs will double that of the light-duty vehicle market during the same period, Pike notes. In Europe, NEVs are categorized as a quadricycle, but are limited to a 4 kW motor for light NEVs or 15 kW for heavier quadricycles. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%

2017

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

A new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates Consumer benefits of increased efficiency in 2025-2030 light-duty vehicles in the US. Those who finance their vehicles will see a net positive cash flow—again, specific to the additional cost of technology—starting immediately.

Light

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. We emphasize that this policy portfolio is not a substitute for an economy-wide carbon management policy (such as a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system).

MIT

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

This would help speed up the return on investment in VGV for the development costs of the energy transition. The allocation of emissions allowances and the carbon tax, once it is in place. A carbon tax levied directly on fossil fuels could be calculated on the BTU equivalent of the oil needed to produce a tonne of CO 2.

Volt

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Ultrathin Light Absorbers for Solar Cells. One way to lower the cost of solar power is to dramatically reduce the thickness of light-absorbing layers in solar cells. If so, such informational programs could be far less expensive than tax breaks and far more feasible politically than a carbon tax.

Energy

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Loveland needed to do something about rising fuel costs, and electric vehicles have proven to be a great solution, saving us about 41 percent overall compared to gas-powered vehicles. Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs.

Houston

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In 2009, the EC published its Electrification Roadmap, which proposes that by 2040, 75% of the light-duty vehicle miles traveled in the US should be electric miles. The Fleet Roadmap also presents the results of detailed total cost of ownership modeling for PHEVs and EVs in fleet applications for a number of industries. Earlier post.).

Fleet

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. hybrids, and electric vehicles.

Fuel Economy

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Energy poverty is when a household has no or inadequate access to energy services such as heating, cooling, lighting, and use of appliances due to a combination of factors: low income, increasing utility rates, and inefficient buildings and appliances.

Renewable

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) recently launched a new Vehicle Cost Calculator and accompanying widget. The calculator also lets users enter information such as driving habits, local ZIP code, price of fuel, and potential tax credits to personalize their results.

Alternative Fuels

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

The technology can help accelerate the adoption of EVs by unlocking these and other new value streams for EV owners and mitigating the total cost of ownership. These benefits can apply to all vehicle sectors, from light-duty passenger vehicles to medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses.

Grid

Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Electric bicycles: Hero & Yamaha JV, Proposed US tax credit for electric bicycles . Ampler Bikes an Estonia, Northern Europe company that manufactures and sells light e-bikes has closed a €7.4m A proposed US tax credit for new electric bicycle purchases bumped backed up to a full 30%. billion with 15 million bikes a year.

Tax Credit

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

Some research has shown that purchase rebates can be more effective than income-tax credits, the committee noted. In addressing issues about charging-infrastructure needs, the committee assumed that the goal was to maximize the fraction of miles fueled by electricity for light-duty vehicles.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In our study we focus on cars, while the EU also imposed the emission targets for vans (which account for around 10% of the EU market for light-duty vehicles) and considered a strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from trucks, buses, and coaches.

Standards

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The index is built from the four key policies needed to improve fuel economy: fuel tax, CO 2 -based vehicle tax, fuel economy standards and labeling. The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Policy package.

Fuel Economy