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DOE: Average annual gasoline taxes paid per vehicle, by state, 2019

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cents in Pennsylvania. Based on average mpg and miles driven, a person owning a gasoline vehicle pays between $141 and $398 in fuel taxes each year, depending upon the state in which the fuel is purchased. The Federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and each state has a gasoline tax, ranging from 8.95

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Here’s how much money you’ll get with the Inflation Reduction Act

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It’s packed with rebates and tax credits that will help Americans purchase everything from EVs to solar and electrical appliances to heat pumps. 4 in late 2022, and the Rewiring America calculator confirmed that our car qualified for the full $7,500 tax credit before we completed the purchase. We bought a US-made 2023 Volkswagen ID.4

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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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Laker worked with the IEEE Board of Directors in the early 1990s to purchase personal computers for the organization’s leaders to make it easier to conduct IEEE business via the Internet. Laker joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 as an EE professor. He left in 1977 to join Bell Labs , in Holmdel, N.J.,

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Amazon just bought a 100% nuclear-powered data center

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Amazon will develop an up to 960-megawatt (MW) data center at the Salem Township site in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Electrek’s Take Nuclear isn’t everyone’s favorite source of net zero power, but this purchase makes so much sense for Amazon Web Services. The 1,200-acre campus is directly powered by an adjacent 2.5

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The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV has a quirky $4k discount for Tesla drivers

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The $4,000 discount applies to both 2024 Chevy Blazer EV leases and purchases and according to CarsDirect, it can be stacked with other deals, such as the $7,500 tax credit and the $1,000 Costco member-only incentive. Chevrolet’s conquest bonus cash offer doesn’t require a trade-in and can be transferred to household members, so that’s nice.

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Tesla Model S Plaid fire: Strange observations and claims to date

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Accounts of the Model S Plaid fire have been shared by an EMT that reportedly responded to the incident, the chief fire officer for the Lower Merion Township Fire Department in Pennsylvania, and the lawyers representing the Model S Plaid owner. . The Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire in Haverford, Pennsylvania on June 29, 2021.

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AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

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With every digital action, we produce new data—emails, texts, downloads, purchases, posts, selfies, and GPS locations. Horowitz , director of Perry World House , at the University of Pennsylvania, warns “about the logic of AI and what it means for domestic repression. The End of Privacy and Free Will.