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Indiana too slaps electric cars with $150 fee for not using gas

Green Car Reports

Indiana may soon follow Michigan in implementing fees for electric cars, with the stated goal of helping to pay for road repairs. Michigan is now adding fees for electric cars, as well as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, because they don't burn enough gasoline to generate the same state tax revenue as other vehicles.

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Electric-Car Fast Chargers And Gas Stations: A Match Made In Indiana

Green Car Reports

Thanks to the flexibility of electrical supply infrastructure, electric-car charging stations can be placed virtually anywhere. DON''T MISS: Electric-Car Charging Station At Gas Station In. plug-in cars Indiana charging infrastructure Fast Charging gas station'

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Small-town Indiana Chevy dealer is big on electric cars

Green Car Reports

It's often said that franchised auto dealers are one of the bigger impediments to sales of plug-in electric cars. Vehicles with plugs require more explanation, the financial calculations are often more complicated, and home and public charging stations add a further layer of complication.

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Mayor of Indianapolis announces plan to modernize city fleet to plug-ins and CNG by 2025

Green Car Congress

Calling it a vital national security issue, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard (a retired Marine officer and Gulf War veteran) signed Executive Order #6, 2012 making Indianapolis the first city in the nation to require the purchase of either electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles for the city’s non-police fleet, and the use of CNG in heavy-duty vehicles.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales, Honda Civic Concept, Fast Chargers At Gas Stations: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we report on plug-in electric car sales for March, the Honda Civic concept from the 2015 New York Auto Show, and an Indiana gas-station chain that just installed nine DC fast-charging stations at various locations. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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BlueIndy Electric Car-Sharing Parking Spaces Fought By Indianapolis Businesses

Green Car Reports

It always seemed unlikely, but the BlueIndy electric-car sharing program is getting closer to its rollout in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The French-made Bollore BlueCar electric two-seaters are closer to arriving, and groups of Level 2 charging stations are popping up at curbsides all over the central city.

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Toyota Corolla Hybrid, flow batteries, Greenlots, GM-Tesla pickup rumor: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Indiana professors combine ethanol, and fuel-cell tech in affordable next-gen electric-car battery. One-step Plug&Charge comes to Greenlots chargers. And a report reveals that Tesla may be supplying batteries and motors for a new electric pickup from GM.

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