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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

For details on what we’ve called “The Big Fix” beyond the following, see [link] —and we’ll continue adding back-up info at CalCars-News and elsewhere. And oil only seems cheap. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. We just had to do it.

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Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese EVs, up from 25% to 100%

Baua Electric

Both companies are owned by Geely, but still headquartered in Sweden, with manufacturing in various parts of the world depending on model. We imagine more info will come on that soon. But with these increased tariffs, that makes it less likely that US consumers will gain access to these cheap, high-tech Chinese EVs.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. For the future, Renault is working on development of exchangeable batteries for continuous mobility.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

I obtained more than the usual share of info simply from my own online sleuthing. Claim to fame: part and parcel of the regulations-driven surge, Portugal went from 4.9% France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US.

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