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Biden: Replace US Government Fleet with EVs

News outlets like Reuters are reporting that: President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy. CleanTechnica reports on some of … Continue reading

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EV Global Sales Rose 43% in 2020; Tipping Point Near

The Guardian reports: Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say. Global sales rose 43% in 2020, but even faster growth is anticipated when continuing falls in … Continue reading

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Apple aims to produce autonomous, electric vehicle by 2024

Reuters reported earlier this week that: Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology. The story is continuing evidence that electric vehicles … Continue reading

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California to Phase Out Combustion Vehicle Sales by 2035

The Washington Post reports:  California, the world’s fifth-largest economy and the state that created U.S. car culture, will stop selling gasoline-powered automobiles within 15 years, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Wednesday. The articled adds: Transportation currently accounts for the largest … Continue reading

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NH Plan to Install EV Charging Stations on Hold

This from the Concord Monitor: Electric vehicle fans anticipating fast-charging stations along New Hampshire highways will have to wait some more. Plans to use $4.6 million from the VW “dieselgate” settlement to install DC fast chargers along 6 major routes … Continue reading

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New Study: Save $8,431 with EV in NH

New Hampshirites buying an electric vehicle (EV) rather than a combustion based one would save $8, 341  over the 15-year life time of the EV, according to a new study.  Inside Climate News writes that the study  came to its conclusions … Continue reading

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Electric Cars Big Super Bowl Winner

The Hummer was  symbolic of all gas guzzling behemoths and in time production ended. Now it is coming back as an all electric vehicle. Another symbol that big change is on the way. That symbolism was also played out in … Continue reading

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Economist: Electric vehicles to equal price of conventional ones by 2025

Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, told Yale Climate Connections (YCC) that in three to five years electric cars will likely cost the same as comparable gas-powered ones. Her prediction is made in part on … Continue reading

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