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Boost electric-car tax credit, say advocates
Boost electric-car tax credit, say advocates - World News Report:
"Encouraging the use of electric vehicles, that's one piece of the puzzle," she said. "To have the vehicles and to have them available means we have to have charging stations."
And more charging stations means less "range anxiety" for owners of electric vehicles, said Mike Salisbury, transportation program analyst for the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project.
Electric cars are smooth and quiet, "like an iPad compared to a desktop computer," said Cheryl Loveless, mother of four and owner of an electric vehicle."People talk about not being able to afford them," he said. "They just don't understand how cheap they are."
Tax credits lower the extra cost of buying an electric vehicle.
"Once things go electric, they will never go back," Edson said. "It's going to be a revolution."
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Electric Vehicles Need More Study, Less Emotion - IEEE Spectrum
Electric Vehicles Need More Study, Less Emotion - IEEE Spectrum: "According to a 2000 study by the Energy Laboratory at MIT, extraction of the raw materials to build the vehicle makes up just 4 percent of a vehicle’s lifetime carbon footprint, and building it adds another 2 percent."
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Eco-eager automakers hype sustainable wood in cars | The News Journal | delawareonline.com
Eco-eager automakers hype sustainable wood in cars | The News Journal | delawareonline.com: "Patrick Connor, left, and his brother Ed, look over the interior of the Fisker Karma electric car in Wilmington May 22, 2010"
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