Clean Cars Yield $178 Billion in Benefits for Illinois
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2023
A new study shows that the Advanced Clean Cars II Program can bring $178 billion in benefits to Illinois.
$4,000 EV Rebate Available in Illinois for Another Month
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 28, 2022
If you’re in Illinois and thinking about getting an electric car, you better get on it fast. A $4,000 purchase rebate for electric vehicles is available right now, but the application period ends on September 30, 2022.
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Illinois drops proposed $1,000 EV registration fee to $100
Green Car Reports
JUNE 10, 2019
The Illinois legislature has backed away from a proposed $1,000 registration fee targeted at electric cars that was met with scorn and opposition from automakers and electric-car advocates.
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Lucid Motors, Rivian sued by Illinois car dealers for direct sales
Teslarati
APRIL 1, 2021
Lucid Motors and Rivian were sued by the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, and some individual franchised auto dealerships in the state for selling vehicles directly to consumers. The costs are the same for everyone, a strategy that has alleviated a lot of stress from the car buying process.
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Electric car fires, three-motor Audi E-Tron, Samsung battery plant: Today’s Car News
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 17, 2021
Electric car fires are less frequent than gasoline car fires, but there’s some nuance. And will there be a new battery plant in Illinois? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Samsung SDI is the primary battery supplier of cells for Rivian’s upcoming electric.
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$1,000 Illinois fee? State fees, credits can make or break EV sales
Green Car Reports
MAY 14, 2019
Among states, incentives for electric cars vary wildly—from Colorado, which offers a $5,000 tax credit for EV buyers, to Illinois, where the legislature just proposed a $1,000 annual registration fee for electric cars. For example.
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Illinois drops proposed $1,000 EV registration fee to $248
Green Car Reports
JUNE 10, 2019
The Illinois legislature has backed away from a proposed $1,000 registration fee targeted at electric cars that was met with scorn and opposition from automakers and electric-car advocates.
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Rivian Releases Q4 2023 and Full-Year 2023 Production Figures
Electric Cars Report
JANUARY 2, 2024
The company produced 17,541 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, up 7.5% On a full-year […] The post Rivian Releases Q4 2023 and Full-Year 2023 Production Figures appeared first on Electric Cars Report. from the prior quarter, and delivered 13,972 vehicles during the same period, down 10.2%
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How Did A Small Illinois Town End Up With 300 Plug-In Cars?
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 10, 2013
Don''t let the name fool you; Normal, Illinois, is actually unique. That''s because this small town--with a population of 53,837--has more than 300 plug-in cars roaming its streets. And that''s because the town, along with neighboring Bloomington, has made a concerted effort to encourage the adoption of electric cars.
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Rivian delivers 12,640 electric vehicles in Q2 2023
Electric Cars Report
JULY 3, 2023
The automaker, which makes electric R1T pickups and R1S SUVs, produced 13,992 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois during the same period.
Rivian Beats Quarterly Delivery Estimates, Remains on Track To Hit 52,000 EVs in 2023
Electric Cars Report
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The company produced 16,304 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 15,564 vehicles during the same period. Rivian Automotive on Monday announced production totals for the quarter ending September 30, 2023. This is 23% more than in the Q2 2023, raising the total 2023 deliveries to 36,150 EVs.
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104 University of Illinois licenses StructurePore cathode technology to Xerion for commercialization of the ultra-rapid charging technology
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2011
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has entered into a licensing agreement with Xerion Advanced Battery Corp under which Xerion has the exclusive right to bring the University’s patented StructurePore electrode technology to the market. Earlier post.). Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. Huigang Zhang, Xindi Yu & Paul V. 2011.38.
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Learn how electric cars actually affect the environment in this free 15-minute webinar
Electrek
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Experts at the Argonne National Laboratory , a US Department of Energy science and engineering research center in Lemont, Illinois, are inviting the public to listen in as they discuss the best ways to measure greenhouse gas emissions.
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Rivian Surprises With 3 New Models & New Battery Technology — Pictures & Tesla Comparison
CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 8, 2024
All will be manufactured in Illinois. Rivian has introduced three new, less expensive models coming in 2026 -- the R2, R3, and R3X. The post Rivian Surprises With 3 New Models & New Battery Technology — Pictures & Tesla Comparison appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Unraveling Electric Car Insurance Costs in 2023
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 15, 2023
Unraveling Electric Car Insurance Costs in 2023 Checking Out All the Options To Get the Best Deal This article may contain affiliate links. As the world pivots towards a greener future, electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming the vehicle of choice for an increasing number of drivers.
'Rolling Coal' Fine Would Be $5,000 Under Proposed Illinois Law
Green Car Reports
APRIL 1, 2015
It''s called "rolling coal"--and drivers of hybrid and electric cars report that it often seemed to be directed at them. Green Illinois air pollution emissions legislation' They started modifying big diesel trucks to spew clouds of soot and smoke whenever the driver hit the accelerator.
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60 Even Small Towns See Demand For Electric-Car Charging
Green Car Reports
MARCH 21, 2014
electric-car charging stations? While major cities like New York are working to encourage the use of electric cars with public charging stations, some smaller municipalities are seeing demand for them too. One example is Naperville, Illinois. A suburb of Chicago with an.'
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Mitsubishi i In Cheapest Electric Car Lease Yet: $69 Per Month
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 23, 2013
If you're eager to get behind the wheel of an electric car, then there are few cheaper ways of doing it than one lease deal from an Illinois Mitsubishi dealer.
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November Plug-In Car Sales, Route 66 Goes Electric, WA Electric-Car Incentives: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Illinois announces a plan to electrify Route 66 by adding public charging stations, Washington state mulls electric-car incentives, and the first plug-in electric car sales figures for November are in. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Will Washington state grant electric-car owners tax breaks.'
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Judge Charged With Theft For Plugging In Chevy Volt Electric Car
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 15, 2012
So when a journalist in Carmi, Illinois spotted a Second Circuit Judge charging his electric car at Wayne County Courthouse, they ran a story claiming Second Circuit Associate Judge Mark Stanley.
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Famed U.S. Route 66 To Go Electric In Illinois, With State Support
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 2, 2014
The historic highway and the towns it passes through were largely done in by the construction of the Interstate highway system, but the need to stop and charge every so often makes an electric-car road trip more suited to the slower pace of Route.'
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Illinois Bill To Fine Car Owners Who Park In Electric-Car Charging Spaces Waits For Governor's Signature
Green Car Reports
JULY 24, 2015
As more public electric-car charging stations appear, they're creating a thorny etiquette issue. Sometimes, an electric car driver will pull up to a station, only to find that an internal-combustion-engined car is blocking it. Drivers call this.
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60 UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2019
University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale.
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Win a New Tesla and Help ISEA Spread the Word About Solar Energy
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
It’s time to go without the gas and enter the Illinois Solar Education Association’s Tesla Model Y Raffle! Want to zip down the highway in a brand new Tesla? Want to help spread the word about solar and the transition to clean energy at the same time? ISEA has held a Tesla raffle for the […]
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Chicago Will Get Nissan Leaf Early Because It Loves Electric Cars
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 26, 2011
The City of Chicago has put so much time and money into supporting electric cars that Nissan has decided to reward Illinois by moving forward the planned Chicago launch of its Leaf electric hatchback to this Fall. Quinn of Illinois signed a bill investing $1 million in electric car infrastructure throughout the.
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How should EV owners pay for road maintenance? Take our Twitter poll
Green Car Reports
MAY 15, 2019
States around the US are imposing new fees on electric-car owners to make them contribute to state highway maintenance funds. Some can be quite onerous, such as the $1,000 fee for electric-car registration proposed last week in the Illinois legislature, compared to a $148 fee for other cars.
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If All You Want For Earth Day Is A Tesla, Enter This Tesla Raffle
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 9, 2021
For over 40 years, the Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA)* […]. And who doesn’t want a brand new Tesla to celebrate this special day? Enter now to win a Tesla Model X! This spring, you could win a Tesla Model X and support the spread of solar energy at the same time!
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Will New High-Power Microbatteries Matter For Electric Cars?
Green Car Reports
APRIL 18, 2013
We''ve heard it all before--new battery technologies appear, set to revolutionize the way we use electric products. The story is the same for new microbatteries developed at the University of Illinois, but the researchers there are making even bigger claims than most.
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130 Illinois launches largest electric vehicle charging network in USA
Green Cars News
MARCH 31, 2012
So which state has the lead on electric vehicles? While they may seem like the obvious answers given their extensive green car push, the answer is actually: Illinois. Perhaps California?
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Rivian announces Q2 2023 earnings call schedule
Teslarati
JULY 4, 2023
In Q2 2023, Rivian produced approximately 13,992 vehicles at its manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The EV startup delivers precisely 12,640 cars in the second quarter. The second quarter production and delivery results include Rivian’s R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and all-electric Amazon delivery van.
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Fast Tesla chargers, Honda fuel cell recall, Rivian sharing: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
JUNE 10, 2019
Illinois backtracks on its $1,000 registration fee for electric cars—but it'll still cost EV drivers. Tesla has opened its first Version 3 Superchargers to all Tesla drivers. Honda has recalled 2017 and 2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles—again. All this and.
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99 Insult To Injury? GA Kills Electric-Car Incentive, Adds Last-Minute Luxury-Car Tax Break
Green Car Reports
APRIL 6, 2015
It hasn''t been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Green Georgia Manufacturing Politics incentives plug-in cars state laws tax credit'
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60 Mitsubishi Picks Central Illinois For Initial Tests Of ?i' Electric Car
All Cars Electric
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Mitsubishi was one of the first major automakers to announce plans for a mass-produced electric car and even had a working prototype out testing as far back as 2008 in the form of the first generation i-MiEV.
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Nanostructure Research: Electric Car Charging In 5 Minutes?
All Cars Electric
APRIL 4, 2011
No sooner do I discuss University of Illinois researchers who have created 3D antennas for mobile phones using nanotechnology than another group of researchers at the University of Illinois (this time at Urbana-Champaign) have developed 3D material for batteries that combines the qualities of supercapacitors with those of batteries and could.
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Rivian eyes third assembly plant after talks with UK ministers
Teslarati
JULY 31, 2021
Electric car company Rivian, based in Normal, Illinois, is eyeing its third vehicle assembly plant to be in the United Kingdom after talks with ministers in the region. Rivian already has its main production facility in Illinois, where the company is headquartered.
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Will Winter Storms Spell Disaster for Your Electric Car?
All Cars Electric
JANUARY 31, 2011
Is it really all doom and gloom for electric car owners when winter weather comes, and will electric car owners be stranded in the snow as many columnists have suggested?
ExxonMobil and Electrovaya Launch Electric Car Sharing Program in Baltimore
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2009
ExxonMobil is sponsoring an all-electric car-sharing and rental program, called AltCar, at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD. The 10-vehicle program (five now, with a further five cars to be made available to the public in the next few weeks) uses Electrovaya’s low-speed Maya 300. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).
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EV news: Busting out all over
Electric Auto Association
MAY 29, 2021
Lion Electric announces plans to build electric buses in Joliet, Illinois. Lion Electric brings green jobs come to Illinois Canadian EV bus maker Lion Electric Company has set Joliet as the site of its first-ever manufacturing plant in the U.S. ElectraMeccanica.
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Rivian trademarks the names of six future all-electric models
Teslarati
JULY 28, 2021
However, it didn’t stop CEO RJ Scaringe from stating that he’d like to launch at least six all-electric models by 2025. Earlier this year, Teslarati obtained documents that hinted toward a massive expansion of Rivian’s Normal, Illinois, production facility. automotive market.
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BMW and Nissan partner to deploy dual fast chargers across the US
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2015
Each of these new locations will offer a dual 50 kW DC Fast-charging station with both CHAdeMO and CCS (Combo) connectors, serving owners of both Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 electric cars, as well as all EV drivers in the US whose vehicles are equipped with quick-charge ports.
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IL Suspends Clean-Car Rebates; GA Tax Credit In Trouble Too; Texas Next?
Green Car Reports
MARCH 27, 2015
State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. But they don''t last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off its program as well.
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Ford dealers are opting out of Model e EV certification program
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
These changes come amidst challenges for the automaker, such as a legal battle about the EV initiative that it lost last week in Illinois. The state’s motor vehicle board had determined that Ford broke the law by requiring dealers to make costly EV investments in exchange for the ability to sell electric cars.
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70 Value Of Early Fisker Stake Drops By Two-Thirds After New Money
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 1, 2012
And if the startups are carmakers, it may be even riskier yet--as the Illinois Student Assistance Commission found out recently. The state agency managing the College Illinois prepaid tuition program had invested $10 million in the stock of range-extended electric car maker Fisker.
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