Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A specific challenge would-be-conversions must face is that the NRC’s standards—both for atmospheric pollution and for the amount of radiological material a reactor can release—are much tighter than federal standards for coal plants. In West Virginia, once coal’s citadel, the state government eliminated its old ban on nuclear power plants.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. by Lars Vercelli for the Gotham Gazette. by Lars Vercelli.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Phase 2 of New York’s Charge Ready program launched on July 19, 2023 and expands the EV charging infrastructure across the state. Charge Ready New York 2.0 will increase the number of installations of Level 2 chargers at workplaces, multi-unit dwellings (MUD), and public facilities in New York State.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Although electric vehicles have been identified as a way to increase energy security and reduce air pollution, fleet operators may not see electric trucks as an attractive alternative to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks if electric trucks are not cost-effective.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

New York to Convert 600 Hybrids to PHEVs New York Governor George E. This will allow the vehicles to operate on emissions-free battery power, reducing the amount of fuel utilized and significantly decreasing the release of harmful pollutants, including greenhouse gases. T his story comes from the Energy Blog.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. Another example is the Champlain-Hudson Power Express line under construction from Quebec into New York City.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

in New York Stock Exchangecomposite trading. So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 Honda’s American depositary receipts fell 66 cents, or2.3 percent, to $27.65 at 4:01 p.m. Former U.S.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Plug-in hybrids are getting a pass from the EPA for a few years, despite evidence they’re polluting more than billed. A racing-influenced GV60 Magma was also shown in concept form this week at the New York auto show and kicks off a new performance sub-brand for Genesis. China complains to the WTO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The initiative includes 16 new compressed natural gas (CNG) public fueling facilities, upgrades to 24 CNG public fueling facilities, three new liquid/compressed natural gas facilities, three new biodiesel public refueling stations, and increases the number of natural gas vehicles operating in Utah by 678.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

A racing-influenced GV60 Magma was also shown in concept form this week at the New York auto show and kicks off a new performance sub-brand for Genesis. 2025 Hyundai Tucson Plug-in Hybrid Studies continue to point out that plug-in hybrids pollute more than their all-electric miles suggest.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Postal Service with a fleet of 250 all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivans in Michigan, North Carolina and the New York City area beginning later this year. Alternatives that would reduce pollution include nuclear energy and renewable sources, such as wind and solar power. No gasoline.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2023

The first set of proposed standards are called the “ Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium Duty Vehicles ,” and are effectively a tougher version of preexisting emissions limits. Let's see if that's the case. "By Pretty clever in a diabolical kind of way. I’m not bashing EVs.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Achieving this transformation will be through what the New York Times describes as “ economic nationalism ” with electric vehicles (EVs) as the tip of the spear for economic, environmental and societal change. electric vehicle sales to the new law. This is to try to meet the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. Give them the choice, and they’ll shift.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1.

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Plug in America

APRIL 30, 2021

That same day, the administration announced a reversal of the Trump-era rule that California would not be able to set its own rigorous air pollution rules. huge news and has been the subject of litigation by California and the states that have adopted its air quality rules for several years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2012

A new report from MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change suggests that a tax on carbon emissions could help raise the money needed to reduce the US deficit, while improving the economy, lowering other taxes and reducing emissions. They found that the tax would raise $1.5

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Plug in America

AUGUST 12, 2022

For more than a decade, Plug In America’s top policy priority has been to extend and expand the federal EV tax credits. The original EV tax credits were approved by George W. Thus, Plug In America (PIA) has led numerous campaigns on the tax credits over many years in both Democratic and Republican administrations.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texas’ grid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. to phase in renewable energy to achieve carbon pollution-free generation by 2035.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

California's zero-emission rules [claims it] will cut by 25 percent smog-causing pollution from light-duty vehicles by 2037. The rules mandate that 35 percent of the new cars sold be plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), EVs or hydrogen fuel cell by 2026. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.

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