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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94

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North Carolina wants to spend $50K to trash free public EV chargers

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North Carolina wants to spend $50,000 to trash public EV chargers. The bill will allow the owners of diesel and gas vehicles to pitch fits if any amount of money from whatever product they purchase go towards the cost of providing free EV charging to customers. This will hurt small businesses.

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Forth and Mobility Development partner to launch national EV carsharing program; affordable model for underserved communities

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The first states included in the program are: Oregon, Washington State, North Carolina, Missouri and Michigan. Knowledge-sharing between the nonprofits is a core principle laid out in their new partnership, ranging from respective best practices to use-cases that will help guide continuous improvement in their services.

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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice?

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For starters, those with the least income are unlikely to be able to afford to purchase a new car, let alone a Tesla. ” Check to find out what kind of help for an EV purchase might be available Legislative Solutions This problem has not gone unnoticed by some lawmakers and policymakers.

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President Obama announces $1B National Community Deployment Challenge to spur deployment of alternative-fuel vehicles; new purchasing incentives; new EV Everywhere research grand challenge

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The President is also proposing a new tax incentive for commercial trucks that provides a credit for 50% of the incremental cost of a dedicated alternative-fuel truck, including trucks powered by natural gas or electricity, for a five-year period.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. targeted for the heart of North Carolina, where it will grow more than 4,000 acres of Freedom Giant Miscanthus and switch grass.

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SUPERVALU unveils new natural gas powered truck fleet and fill station

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has purchased 35 Class 8 Volvo trucks that operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). and North Carolina, is the largest private fleet of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region. SUPERVALU INC. The fleet, which operates out of SUPERVALU’s Mechanicsville, Va.,

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