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California Air Resources Board Unveils $3.7M in Rebates for Plug-in Hybrid and Zero-Emission Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The rebates offer up to $5,000 for the purchase of zero-emission (e.g., battery electric or fuel cell) and plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles and up to $20,000 for the purchase of ARB-certified or approved zero-emission commercial vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis. The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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From Recreation to Everyday Transport: The Growing Appeal of E-Bikes

Plug in America

Imagine a transportation option that has the fun and flexibility of a bike, is a fraction of the price of a car, can park almost anywhere for free, and produces almost zero climate-changing emissions. For example, California’s E-Bike Incentive Project offers vouchers for low-income households to use towards the purchase of an e-bike.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Engineers sometimes do, but your average retail car buyer. The main concern is purchase price or more likely, monthly payment.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. Engineers sometimes do, but your average retail car buyer. The main concern is purchase price or more likely, monthly payment.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

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This article is sponsored by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. This enormous growth has at least in part been driven by the aim of reducing vehicle carbon emissions to address climate change concerns. The collection of technologies and markets that comprise so-called. NYU Tandon. Karl Philip Greenberg.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Subsequently, McNeil traveled to Seattle to purchase an already converted AMC Hornet 4-door sedan, and then towed the car back to Colorado. “I Even with climate change, they’ve had to be educated.” I felt like a real pioneer because I was the only one in town who had an electric car,” he said.