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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

In addition, electricity in the U.S. EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. Depending on your electric utility, you may be able to save even more money by setting your car to charge at off-peak rates.

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The Congressional Review Act and its potential impact on EV tax credits

Plug in America

history, offering tax credits on energy-efficient electric heat pumps, home energy efficiency improvements, rooftop solar or battery storage, and–our personal favorite–clean vehicle tax credits for both new and used EVs. As a result, the EV tax credits are complicated. The impact of the IRA is huge.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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Rivian R1 and Toyota Crown Signia reviews, US-made Volvo, Hyundai, Kia EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Rivian on Thursday Rivian set the stage for its mass-market R2 with more comfortable, better-performing, lighter, and more simplified “Gen 2” versions of its electric trucks. 2025 Volvo EX90 production begins in South Carolina U.S. But will they qualify for the full $7,500 EV tax credit? The first U.S.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

All following models were 100% electric. Next came the efficient all-electric sedan, the 2022 Polestar 2 Single Moto r (rear-wheel drive); followed by the 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus with all-wheel drive (AWD); then the 2024 Polestar 2 single and dual motor AWD. Yep, one new model a year! torque 0-60: 4.8

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Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

Baua Electric

Mercedes invited us out to drive the new eSprinter, the electric version of Mercedes’ cargo van, and if there’s one thing I want you to understand about it is: it’s a van , but it’s electric. So is the future looking good for Mercedes’ electric vans? Now, the eSprinter has been refreshed into a “2.0” Let’s dig in.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

Yet he has a fan base inside the world of electric cars. He’s been critical of legacy automakers pivoting to EVs—including sharp criticism of GM’s plan to go all-electric , with claims that going all-EV is “not going to work.” should design federal policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.”