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A National Research Council study advocates increased government promotion of electric cars.
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2015 Chevrolet Spark EV Price Cut To $25,995; $139 Lease, No Money Down
The suggested retail price of the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV electric car will be cut by $1,650, to $25,995, GM announced today. Chevrolet's chief global marketing officer, Tim Mahoney, announced the price cut today in a luncheon speech at the Washington Automotive Press Association. Mahoney also said...
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2016 Chevrolet Spark EV To Be Sold At Retail In Canada
It may not have too many more years to live, but the Chevrolet Spark EV will be sold in some new markets starting with the 2016 model year: three Canadian provinces. While General Motors had offered the Spark EV for fleet purchase in parts of the country, it wasn't available to retail...
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For April 2015
There are several green car deals available in April.
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Insult To Injury? GA Kills Electric-Car Incentive, Adds Last-Minute Luxury-Car Tax Break
It hasn't been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping...
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Toyota Prius Range Gets Bigger Discounts In CA, Prius C Especially
Toyota offers big discounts on the entire Prius hybrid range in California.
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State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. But they don't last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off its program as well. Then there's Texas, where a purchase-rebate program expires exacly three months from now. DON'T MISS: Bill To Kill Georgia's Electric-Car Tax Credit Rises From The Dead (Feb 2015) In Illinois, Governor Bruce Rauner is under extreme pressure to close a $1.6 billion deficit in...
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British Columbia Brings Back Electric-Car Purchase Rebates
Yesterday, the Province of British Columbia announced the return of its Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) incentive program, effective April 1. The program's return was the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes efforts by electric-vehicle advocates throughout the province. The so-called Phase 2 of...
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Group Buy Of Fiat 500e Electric Cars Ignites 'Feeding Frenzy,' 100-Plus Bought
Suppose you could get a new electric car for $83 a month--and its running costs per mile were only a fraction of what a gasoline car would in fuel. That'd be almost a free car, right? Indeed, the allure of such a deal added to the viral nature of the Internet led to sales of roughly 100 Fiat 500e...
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Bill To Kill Georgia's Electric-Car Tax Credit Rises From The Dead
State politics can be a funny thing. Last week, a Georgia House bill to end the state's $5,000 tax credit for purchase or lease of a battery-electric vehicle was voted down by its Ways & Means Committee. But yesterday, it mysteriously reappeared and was unanimously passed by voice vote after it...
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Ford Hikes Cash Incentives On Last 2014 C-Max Hybrid, Energi Models
Last week, Ford cut prices on both the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its 2016 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan. This week, the company is cutting costs for consumers in a different way: doubling its incentives to help dealers move out the last of its 2014 Ford C-Max compact tall wagons. DON'T...
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When Federal Electric-Car Tax Credit Ends, Nissan Will Be Ready, Exec Says
Both Nissan and General Motors are roughly one-third of the way toward sales of the maximum number of plug-in electric cars that qualify for a Federal income-tax credit of $7,500. But a Nissan executive says that his company has already made plans for the day when those credits end. DON'T MISS...
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French officials want drivers to swap the dirtiest diesels for electric cars.
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IRS Electric-Car Tax Credits: Reporting Discrepancies Remain
As U.S. taxpayers start to grapple with their income-tax filings, due April 15, tens of thousands of taxpayers will benefit from a Federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 offered to buyers of plug-in electric cars. Enacted in 2009, it was intended to spur the early sales of such cars whose...
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White House Budget Asks For $10K Electric-Car Credit, Natural-Gas Cars Added
The proposed 2016 budget includes some measures meant to boost electric-car adoption.
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Once More: Low Gas Prices Don't Hurt Electric-Car Sales
Data is important. Data on the effects of changing economic factors is very important to the car industry. Which is why it's disappointing to see a Nissan executive repeating the canard that falling gas prices can hurt sales of plug-in electric cars. DON'T MISS: Plug-In Electric Car Sales Continue...
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Japan Eases Laws, Boosts Incentives For Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe endorses measures to encourage hydrogen-car adoption.
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China Extends Electric-Car Incentives As Shenzhen Caps Registrations
China continues to push for more electric cars as it fights rampant pollution and congestion.
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Over the last two years, the metropolitan Atlanta area has become one of the single best sales regions for the Nissan Leaf electric car. That's due to a $5,000 Georgia state tax credit for the purchase of a battery-electric vehicle, which can be used to cut state income-tax liability over one, two, or three years. The electric-car incentive has been under political attack for a couple of years now. DON'T MISS: Will Georgia's $5,000 Electric-Car Tax Credit Be Axed In 2015? (Jun 2014) The fate of that tax credit--whether it survives untouched, is altered, or is killed altogether--could have a...
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German Electric-Car Charging Station Plans Accelerate As Grid Gets Greener
Germany plans to install more charging stations as it moves to massively increase the number of electric cars on its roads.
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Tax Credit For Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Expires As Congress Adjourns
Congress lets a tax credit for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles expire.
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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?
There's been a lot of conventional wisdom floating around lately. In this case, it's the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. We'd suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think. DON'T MISS...
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Buying Electric Cars: Quebec Launches Carrot-And-Stick Program
Quebec raises registration fees for cars with large engines, and keeps electric-car incentives.
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Germany To Boost Incentives Toward 1-Million Electric-Car Goal By 2020?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for an incentives program to boost electric-car sales.
Stephen Edelstein