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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Here we are four months later: GM is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy , and its turnaround plan — which gave the Chevy Volt a central role – has gotten a less-than-rave review from the Obama administration. He called for steppe… Will Solar Save Chip Companies? phones and mobile devices.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co. When that time comes, fuelcells, solar panels, hydrogen, those will be the key words,”Fukui said. “We millionthis year from $211.9

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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In 2020 Tesla sold exactly 1000 of these for every solar-year day. But that’s nothing compared to what Germany — who, to my recollection, wins its first-ever Top EV Country medal — did last year… Coming out of the first Covid lockdown, most Western European countries passed some version of a “mini green new deal” in their stimulus packages.

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