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Senate Panel Approves $3.6 Billion Funding For EV Infrastructure

 
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The electric vehicle revolution took a major step towards becoming a reality with the Senate Energy Committee approving today a new $3.6 billion bill to support the development of plug-in electric vehicles through a series of deployment communities to be set up around the country.

These ‘communities’ are to include targeted incentive programs for EVs as well as charging infrastructure, possibly at fuel stations, designed to make EVs more appealing to new car buyers. This would be on top of the billions already spent on green funding, including $2.4 billion in grants for EV and battery development, as well as the nationwide $7,500 tax credit for purchases of new EVs.

Unfortunately, this is just the first round of hurdles that the bill must pass. There’s still some doubt as the Senate Democrats are debating whether to include EV funding in a different energy bill that goes to Congress for review next month.

The end goal is to have nearly half of all vehicles, cars and trucks, electrified by 2030, which if achieved would cut the country’s demand for oil by roughly a third.

[The Detroit News]





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  1. By ev enthusiast Posted: 7/21/2010 7:12pm PDT

    we will easily meet that goal.
    congress never does anything correctly.
    WE DONT NEED AN INFRASTRUCTURE, such that we need them at our current gas stations, that continue to close. that simply is not the bottleneck.
    whatever infrastructure we have should be aimed at those vehicles traveling long distances. these would be our trucking industry, and our vacation vehicles. the only infrastructure we will need is one that surrounds our truck stops.
    and get rid of the stupid tax refund. simply put a dollar discount on the purchase of it.
    at this moment, by far the BIGGEST BOTTLENECK is the price. it does not matter much now, because there is gonna be a lag for awhile.
    car companies just need some time to change. they can only produce so many vehicles. and those vehicles will have buyers at today's prices.
    once production ramps up, such that there are no longer instantaneous sales for evs, then lower the price.
    this simply isnt rocket science. our govt wastes so much money. if i were king, we would have far less govt, and what we did have would be far more efficient.
     
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  2. By James Posted: 7/21/2010 8:44pm PDT

    Unbelievable…every day more good news. 3.6 billion is a drop in the oil tanker compared to how much money we (as a country) spend importing oil every year. Go EV’s
    I believe higher capacity batteries at a significant reduction in price is the key to EV’s success. I will have to say hats off to our government for finally driving this effort. The automaker would never have done it on their own.
     
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  3. By Pat Posted: 7/21/2010 10:29pm PDT

    so true ...without Govt actions automakers wud not have done this ..more efforts need to be directed towards charging infrastructure as this is crucial ..for BEV ...alas the citizens also have to play their part and adapt not just complain we are used to ICE & gas fill in 10 mins ..we need to adapt & change our driving habits a bit ..
     
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  4. By Yervant Posted: 11/30/2010 11:09pm PST

    I have 2 designs that will not depend on any type of fosil fuel or power grids or wind mils It is an all Electric vehicles with no plug-ins. yvg59@ca.rr.com.
     
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