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The Toyota Prius V gets $4,000 in discounts in San Francisco.
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Toyota Avalon Hybrid Discounts: Large 40-MPG Sedan Discounts Rise
With gas prices still relatively reasonable, sales of hybrid cars seem to have plateaued--and that means carmakers are boosting incentives on several models. The Toyota Avalon Hybrid has always been one of our favorites, and in recent months, incentives have risen on the three-year-old big sedan...
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California Ends Electric-Car Rebates For Wealthy Buyers, Boosts Them For Poorest (UPDATED)
California institutes income caps for its electric-car rebate program.
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For July 2015
Here are the best green car deals for July 2015.
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Washington State Caps Electric-Car Incentives At $35K Price, Hitting Tesla, BMW
Washington will continue to exempt electric cars from sales tax, but only if they cost less than $35,000.
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South Korea Wants More Electric-Car Charging Stations
The capital city of Seoul wants to install more charging sites as a new tactic to spur electric-car adoption.
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Germany may increase incentives for electric cars as it works to grow their numbers.
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For June 2015
These are the best lease deals on green cars for June 2015.
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Incentive To Buy Used Electric Cars Added For Some California Buyers
Plug-in electric cars can cut the per-mile cost of driving significantly for most U.S. households. But their purchase prices as new cars are still higher than gasoline cars of the same size and segment. That's why Federal, state, and local governments offer an elaborate--and often...
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Toyota Prius Deals In Southern California Cut Lease To Electric-Car Prices
The Toyota Prius hybrid gets added incentives in southern California.
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Beijing Adds Another Electric-Car Incentive: Rush-Hour Access To Any Road
Beijing will exempt electric cars from a policy that restricts access to roads during rush hour.
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CA Green Stickers All But Gone; Q1's Plug-In Hybrid Sales Suffered This Year: UPDATE
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with the green stickers that give plug-in hybrid drivers access to California's freeway carpool lanes with just one person in the car. A total of 70,000 stickers were allotted, and the supply is now almost exhausted. A bill to allocate 15,000 more...
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California is introducing a new ‘Plus-Up’ pilot project that should make plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles a lot more affordable. Considering recent news that prices on used electric cars are on a downward spiral, and with families potentially eligible to receive as much as $12,000 toward the purchase of an electric car (used is fine)—plus up to $2,000 for a charging unit—some households could land an electric vehicle at net-zero cost. If you live in California and think this is great news, it is. But hold on before you head to the dealership. To qualify, you have...
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Connecticut Electric-Car Incentives Unveiled, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars Included
Connecticut will offer rebates of up to $3,000 for the purchase of new electric cars.
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German State To Test City 'Eco Lane' For Cleanest Cars, Carpools
Carpool lanes have been an accepted part of the landscape in California for more than 40 years now. But they're less well-known in Europe, where bus lanes have taken priority instead--largely due to pervasive and well-accepted mass transit systems. But now Germany is planning to test the concept of...
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2015 Toyota Prius Rebates Rise For Californians
The 2015 Toyota Prius gets bigger discounts in certain areas of California.
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What Should Georgia Electric-Car Buyers Do By June 30?
Georgia's income-tax credit for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle will become history in about six weeks. That poses a problem for the state's electric-car shoppers: Buy before June 30 to take advantage of the expiring credit, or wait for improved battery-electric cars expected to arrive...
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What If China's Plug-In Hybrids Were Never Actually Plugged In? (Or California's?)
China has had difficulty getting its New Energy Vehicle program off the ground for a number of reasons. While it was initially focused on battery-electric vehicles, buyers have proven more receptive to plug-in hybrids--and virtually every carmaker selling in China will offer one or more in the next...
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The checkerboard pattern of constantly changing electric-car incentives and fees among the 50 American states often baffles outsiders. And as states go, Colorado has a mixed record. But its electric-car incentive turns out to have a quirk not shared by any other state, as far as we can determine. DON'T MISS: Want $42K Off A New Tesla Roadster? Call Your Colorado Cousin (Oct 2009) That is the eligibility of its electric-car purchase tax credit not just to new cars, but also to used cars on which the credit hasn't previously been claimed. That largely applies to electric cars imported from...
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Electric Cars: What's Needed To Eliminate Gasoline, Diesel In 25 Years
A new report calls for increased unity in efforts to promote electric cars.
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Best Deals On Hybrid, Electric, Diesel Cars For May 2015
These are the best deals on hybrids, electric cars, and diesels for May 2015.
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2016 Chevy Volt To Get California Carpool Lane Access
Access to the carpool lane in California with only a single occupant has proven to be one of the more effective incentives to get the state's drivers to buy electric cars. The first year and a half of Chevy Volt range-extended electric cars didn't qualify, but Volt sales in California surged once...
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Indian Government Adds Electric-Car Purchase Incentives To Boost Sales
India plans to offer incentives for a wide range of electric vehicles.
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European Buyers To Skip Over Hybrids, Go Straight To Plug-Ins
While hybrid cars have had a good 10-year run in North America as the most fuel-efficient alternative, Europe never warmed to hybrid-electric powertrains. With roughly half the passenger cars sold in the European Union being powered by more efficient diesel engines, the difference between hybrid...
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