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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

64 to ‘fill up’ monthly Removing gasoline expenses is an excellent method to recover lost spending power during a recession, and driving an EV for five years will save you $8,939 on fuel expenditures. . $246 to fill up monthly The cost of electricity @ $0.1374/kWh is $ 3,846 (courtesy of El Paso Electric). $64

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Green Car Congress

The WCSB crudes that would likely be transported through Keystone XL, are on average more GHG-intensive per MJ of produced gasoline than the current crudes they would displace in the United States—between 2% to 19%, depending on the study and the type of crude used as a reference. Source: Draft SEIS. Click to enlarge.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Green Car Congress

Varying pipeline availability has little impact on the prices that US consumers pay for refined products such as gasoline or for heavy crude demand in the Gulf Coast. If new east-west and cross-border pipelines were both completely constrained, oil sands crude could reach US and Canadian refineries by rail.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Never stopping at a gasoline station is a plus, too. Observations: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 A new premium contender If a car company ever wanted to buck a trend, Hyundai has done it by introducing an all-new sedan in a SUVworld. If you haven’t experienced it yet, there is something very satisfying about driving an electric car.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If all gasoline cars, trucks, and SUVs instead had plug-in electric drive trains, the amount of electricity needed to replace gasoline is about equal to the estimated wind energy potential of the state of North Dakota. By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

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