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EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

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Examples of incentives include the following: California offers rebates of up to $2,500 for EVs and $1,500 for PHEVs. However, the incentive does not apply to the purchase of PHEVs. While PHEV ownership is higher than that of EVs for the United States, the reverse is true in Washington. sales and use tax.

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington—have electric vehicle sales shares that are approximately 2–4 times the national average. Total benefit and electric vehicle sales share for the ten states with the highest sales share of BEVs and PHEVs. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Georgia Power. Southern Company: Georgia Power. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Southern Company: Georgia Power.

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Georgia Tech study suggests unlinking EVs from CAFE and coordinating with power sector for low-cost benefits

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Change in total consumer expenditure for EVs and conventional vehicles (CVs) purchased in 2030 over the vehicle lifetime for 20% and 100% EV adoption scenarios. For the study, they define EVs as including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles. Alternatively if PHEVs comprise 90% of EVs, the ?TCE

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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How New Eligibility Criteria for the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Affects You

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Opting for an electric vehicle and leveraging the EV tax credit to help with your next electric vehicle purchase is a smart move. The affected models include the Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro PHEV, BMW 330e sedan, BMW X5 xDrive45e SUV, Genesis GV70 Electrified SUV, and Volvo S60 PHEV.