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Save Thousands of Dollars a Year Driving an Electric Car

April 21, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric car benefits, electric car savings, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev savings, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:05:04 +0000

Editor’s note: In the article below, the writer uses the term “up to” several times in discussing potential yearly savings from driving an electric car. I understand the temptation to use such phrasing, and it’s quite common to do so, but it’s a highly inaccurate way of phrasing it for … [continued]

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The Safest Truck in the USA is the Rivian R1T

April 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric car benefits, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev safety, iihs, iihs ratings, research, rivian, rivian r1t

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:53:30 +0000

As we’ve covered for years, electric vehicles have innate safety advantages, and it’s also easier to design them for higher levels of safety in multiple ways. I could go on, but we have a fresh new report just on this topic — The EV Safety Advantage. Apparently, it already needs … [continued]

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Car Exhaust & Alzheimer’s — Thank You, Mickey Mouse

April 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments air quality, clean transport, electric car benefits, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 15:11:37 +0000

New research from Australian and Singaporean scientists have found a link between car exhaust and Alzheimer’s. It was even on the mainstream news last night. This opens up a whole new argument in favour of the uptake of electric vehicles and the removal of fossil fuels. It has long been … [continued]

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The EV Safety Advantage — New Report

March 8, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev charging, ev safety, market research, research

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:09:02 +0000

It’s highly ironic — electric vehicles are much safer than gasoline-powered vehicles, yet there’s constant media coverage hyping up the … [continued]

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China’s Electric Car Emissions Reductions Increasing Rapidly Over Time

May 20, 2023 admin cars, China, china evs, clean transport, climate change, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 01:39:32 +0000

Chinese EVs achieve greater emissions reductions over time due to improved efficiency and a greener power grid, states a study. While over 10% of Chinese car sales are now electric, the entire life cycle of EVs still generates carbon emissions. Shaojun Zhang and colleagues conducted comprehensive “cradle-to-grave” assessments of EVs in 2015 and 2020, covering […]

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“Oil On Road” … And Hotheads Too

April 17, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 02:27:52 +0000

That’s what the sign said: “Oil On Road.” There must have been a spillage, or perhaps an accident. How long before there is no oil on the road? Probably decades — as electric transport slowly supplants the diesel and petrol cars and trucks of today. Even without accidents, there is always a film of oil on […]

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Beyond Going Green, Here’s Why You Should Buy An EV

April 11, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:18:13 +0000

Many consumers are considering buying electric vehicles, whether to generate zero tailpipe emissions or to save money on maintenance and fuel. But beyond these reasons, one publication recently pointed out four other reasons for buying an EV, after the writer got hands-on experience with dozens of them. In a recent feature, Business Insider’s Tim Levin […]

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Survey Shows Pathway To Speeding Up EV Adoption In Rural Areas

March 17, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, consumer reports, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev cost, ev range, union of concerned scientists

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:53:19 +0000

Regardless of where we live, we should all have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits provided by electric vehicles. These benefits range from the reduced cost of operation, the reduced need for maintenance and the improved performance, to the fact that electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions. Everybody’s health stands to gain from reducing local […]

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Are Electric Cars Lowering Energy Bills In California?

December 27, 2022 admin California, clean transport, electric car benefits, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, pacific gas & electric, SDG&E, sempra, Southern California Edison, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:59:53 +0000

People are often scared of change, and look for reasons to justify not wanting to change. This has certainly been the case with electric vehicles for the past decade. There are so many misperceptions and there are so many misleading attacks on electric vehicles. At the same time, across the public at large, there’s not […]

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Electric Vehicles Have Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

August 16, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:50:10 +0000

Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles (EVs) can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000. The only vehicle types with cost estimates between $1,000 and $2,000 were plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and […]

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