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Electric-Car Charging-Station Tax Credit Expires On Dec 31st

Green Car Reports

Consider this your last warning: If you''re planning on getting a charging station for a plug-in electric car, you only have 30 days. The credit.'

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Belfer Center report calls for policymakers to begin taking steps to change policies for funding US transportation infrastructure

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users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

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Power Companies Driving Drunk With Power – If Only PG&E and SCE Didn’t Hate Rooftop Solar So Much We Might Meet Our AB 32 Emission Reductions.

Creative Greenius

Right now we’re at about 12% from renewable sources. They wish no one had rooftop solar – unless of course that solar is owned by the utility and they can keep charging you for it. And because of that, applying for the state rebate is an uglier process than filing your income taxes. They already have.

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Ford charges Mustang Mach-E customer $10k in doc fees, but it was a big misunderstanding

Teslarati

One Mach-E owner was excited to pick up his new EV until a $10,000 addition to the taxes and fees summary, labeled as a “Document Fee,” almost stopped the delivery of the car. We’re paying MSRP plus tax. Luckily, many states have been able to set limits on the doc fees that dealerships can charge.

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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

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Combined with the increasing scarcity and cost of energy resources, it is therefore vital to develop a range of technologies that will ensure the long-term sustainability of mobility in Europe. After 2025, the total cost of ownership (TCO) of all the powertrains converges. Non-governmental organizations : European Climate Foundation.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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note the potential of each technology and explain what advances must occur with each if they’re ultimately to be deployed. To be successful, systems will need to evolve—in some cases, considerably—to compete financially with the cost of natural gas production. In their study, Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Bain: Germany’s goal of 1M electric cars by 2020 is unattainable; fewer than 50,000 units on road by end of this year

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Tax incentives, special depreciation allowances for electrically powered service vehicles and incentives for private customers of up to €5,000 (US$5,450) per vehicle are currently discussed politically, but the funding remains unclear. The more than 50% decrease in Li-ion costs in the coming years will fuel structural change, Bain said.

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