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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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However, owing to small scale and limited competition, dispensed hydrogen fuel prices currently are higher, averaging about $16.30/kg About half of the levelized cost of retail station hydrogen can be attributed to hydrogen delivery, compression, and dispensing costs. kg—approximately equivalent to a gasoline cost of $2.7/gal

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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It said that without a working station, “the nascent low Earth orbit commercial space economy would likely collapse, causing cascading impacts to commercial space transportation capabilities, in-space manufacturing, and microgravity research.” The unit cost is just the cost of fuel. Remember, says the OIG, that the U.S.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? And so fleet buyers essentially spreadsheet out what does it cost?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? And so fleet buyers essentially spreadsheet out what does it cost?