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OPINION: Musk’s distaste for Biden incentives would even EV playing field

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk had an idea during an interview last evening with the Wall Street Journal: Get rid of government incentives for everyone, including electric vehicles, gas, and oil subsidies. However, other companies, like Ford, General Motors, and others, who are working to transition to EVs, are getting the attention.

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Buyers Guide: Budget EV Options for Clean Transportation

Clean Fleet Report

While new EVs come out all the time, many of them aren’t cheap. It comes in at an MSRP of $29,900, and that’s before the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. While the Tesla Model 3 became the best-selling EV in 2020, the Nissan Leaf held that distinction for years. A long legacy as an affordable EV. Hybrid Cars.

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Why Your Auto Dealership Needs EV Charging Stations

EV Connect

million global EV sales in 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that EV sales were already up 75% year over year in the first quarter of 2022. But with that growing demand for more EVs on the lot comes the need for a charging infrastructure to support them. consumers reported knowing much about EVs.

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

The forty cities that are in the Clinton Climate Initiative’s C40 group have municipal fleets with the capacity to buy every EV produced in 2011 and possibly 2012 as well. City vehicles are highly visible and EVs are most practical in an urban setting. The fear that a carbon tax is unworkable must be overcome.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. The Leaf’s suggested retail price of $32,780 drops to $25,280 after a $7,500 federal income tax credit. An actual advertisement for an EV on television!’ Nissan's new electronic vehicle, the Leaf. (AP

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

A coalition of car makers, battery suppliers and electricity providers has come together to ask for federal help for EVs. More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. lawmakers are supportive of the idea. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones.

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Why this electric ‘car’ the size of two motorcycles should be on your list

Baua Electric

In fact, the little EV is roughly the size of just two motorcycles parked side by side. That should make sense because just in the same way motorcycles are designed with the bare necessities to carry a single passenger, LSVs are generally the same idea, but for two passengers (or occasionally four passengers ).