New Mexico State Senators Seek To Tax EVs & Renewable Energy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:35:13 +0000

With the 2020 New Mexico legislative session coming up, senators and representatives are pre-filing bills for consideration. Two of these bills seek to tax electric vehicles and renewable energy

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Audi Announces €12 Billion For EV Development, BMW €400 Million For 2021 iNEXT Production

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:24:04 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution continues to heat up, and while we’d love to be reporting on more electric models hitting the market in 2020, the fact is traditional automakers were a bit too slow for that and there’s much more being put into models for 2021 and beyond. Audi and BMW both recently had announcements about investments for the coming years

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Top EV Benefits, EV Range Adequacy, Driving & Charging Frequency — New Report

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:10:22 +0000

When asked for the top reasons the EV drivers got their cars, we got similar responses as in previous years. The largest portion of buyers in every group referenced the environmental benefits. As before, Tesla buyers in the various markets were more likely to select “fun & convenience” and “I love new tech” than other EV drivers

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“Model 3 & The Disciples” — China EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:00:53 +0000

When you find yourself in times of trouble, Model 3 comes to thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in this hour of darkness, it is standing right in front of thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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BMW i3, Renault Zoe, Tesla Model 3 — Who Will Be Germany’s Best Selling EV In 2019?

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:08:51 +0000

Something clicked in the German plug-in vehicle market after the summer holidays. After two consecutive record months, November saw 10,985 units registered, only the second five-digit performance in Germany’s history, after the record 11,926 units of October. It seems Europe’s e-locomotive has finally been set in motion, which is a promising sign for

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Trump Kills The EV Tax Credit Extension

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:47:53 +0000

Bloomberg has reported that President Trump “helped nix” — or pretty much killed — any hope of the EV tax credit extension that we were hoping would pass for 2020. In fact, White House officials told lawmakers that if they tried to expand the EV credit as part of a compromise spending bill, they would stop it

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Renault Zoe Still Rules France, But Plug-In Hybrids Shine In November — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:11:59 +0000

The French plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market had 5,540 registrations in November, with fully electric vehicles (BEVs) dropping 10% year over year (YoY), to 3,201 units. However, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) took the fast lane and were up 80%

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Thousands Of Electric Vehicle Owners Told Us This …

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:00:34 +0000

For our newest report, Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams (2019), we surveyed thousands of plug-in vehicle drivers to find out more about their electric vehicle buying decisions, what they want from their next EVs, how EV life is going, and more. Below are some of the top-line takeaway points from the surveys of US, Canadian, and British respondents

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Electric Vehicle Models That EV Owners Considered But Didn’t Buy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 02:01:39 +0000

Perhaps the most fascinating new question in this year’s “Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams” report concerned the electric vehicles people considered but didn’t buy

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Opinion: Toyota NA CEO Bails Before Oncoming EV Iceberg

Credit to Author: Vijay Govindan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 19:56:22 +0000

This morning, I saw the news that Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor North America, will be retiring as of April 1, 2020. One of the auto industry’s iconic auto CEO’s will no longer be with us as of next year. He joins other auto executives around the world who have taken the golden parachute [&hellip

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