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VW eGolf supply, rising oil prices in 2020, and an electric double-decker bus: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Analysts forecast oil prices may double by 2020. Los Angeles introduces the first electric double-decker bus. The Volkswagen eGolf is in extremely short supply. And Ontario, Canada, ends a rebate program for electric cars and chargers. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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In 5 of the 10 cities for which EIA collects weekly retail price data, gasoline prices exceeded $3.00/gal Rising crude oil prices and high levels of gasoline demand contributed to rising gasoline prices from January through May. West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle). gal to $3.01/gal

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

Even though memories of the gas lines and fuel rationing of 1979 were still vivid by 1987, oil prices crashed hard during the middle 1980s, hitting bottom in 1986. Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. Just $66 with gas priced at $1.16 per gallon.

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Nikola hydrogen FCEV semi completes 400 mile trip – is it enough?

Baua Electric

ton trailer through California’s Altamont Pass and Grapevine Canyon on the I-5 interstate between the Port of Oakland and the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach. William Hall, Managing Member and Founder of Coyote Container, drove the hydrogen Nikola over the hilly, 400-mile route that took the truck and its 17.7

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

Jack Rosebro, founder of Perfect Sky in Los Angeles [and a contributor to Green Car Congress ], spoke of the need for government policy makers to move beyond incremental changes that are not providing enough incentive for the market to produce alternatives to oil as the almost exclusive source of energy for road and rail transportation.

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AECOM study finds EV adoption in Victoria can offer significant economic benefits by late 2020s; PHEVs initially lead uptake

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The analysis is based on central forecasts of oil price, electricity. price and carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS)/carbon tax policy, and known information about the historic drivers for consumers in the vehicle. However, as EV and PHEV prices gradually reach. vehicle types (ICEs, EVs, PHEVs and HEVs).

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

For his sequel, Paine’s been gauging the mood at the now-much-gloomier GM headquarters, visiting geothermal-powered and EV-friendly Iceland, and test driving his brand new Tesla in Los Angeles. Q: When gas prices went up, people started driving less, and interest in EVs soared. What got you interested in EVs?

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