“So you’re thinking of buying or leasing an electric car, and you’re taking a hard look at the garage, filled with many years of accumulated junk and sporting a single 110-volt socket on the wall,” begins an interesting article at NYTimes.com.
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“Electric car supporters are getting what they wanted — a Senate cloture vote on pending EV legislation that could send the bill to the floor during the lame-duck Congressional session next month,” reports CBS Business News. “The good news is that the legislation, S.3815, coupling EV subsidies with rebates for natural gas vehicles, has been freed from problematic ties to the Bush tax cuts.”
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The Western Governors’ Association has called on the U.S. Congress to pass multi-pronged legislation to advance wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and related infrastructure, and to extend tax credits for EV-related purchases.
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“Electric vehicles are more than meeting drivers’ daily range requirements and are cheaper to charge than previously thought, suggest results from an ongoing trial in the West Midlands” area of the U.K., according to an article at BusinessGreen.com.
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“Siemens is building up a fleet of 100 electric vehicles for use and testing by employees,” FavStocks.com reports. “Called 4-S (4-Sustainelectromobility), the pilot project is focusing on the interplay between the electric cars and their infrastructure. Besides testing of the components, the project’s objective is to research and develop new business models.”
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