CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently published a note highlighting that nearly 50 light-duty plugin electric vehicle models were on the US market in 2020. It included a chart showing the progress from year to year (above).

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

October figures released by UNRAE portray a renewed picture of pain for the Italian car market. […]. It’s yet another month of positive news for electric mobility throughout Europe, and that includes Italy — the continent’s fourth largest market — scoring high EV gains in the midst of a global ICE meltdown.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). ChargeForward is the first smart charging program to offer customers incentives for maximizing the integration of renewable energy while optimizing their EV charging.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Norway’s auto market saw plugin EV volume explode to take 87.6% December’s combined plugin share of 87.6% Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) took just 4.8% Let’s see if they can sustain this renewed resolve over an extended period. BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ).

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2022

For conventional electrical networks, charging all EVs when drivers come home and plugin could put a major strain on the grid and disrupt the stability of the power network. That’s the good news. But what happens when thousands or even millions of EVs attempt to charge simultaneously?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

So now finally we have the technology to deliver everything to customers and with things like plugins you don’t have the range anxiety so that does kind of relieve most of the tradeoffs, certainly. “ We do need a national energy policy.

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