News & Articles on Electric Vehicles
We’ve made great strides in moving the electricity sector toward renewable energy. However, transportation remains a major source of air pollution and global warming gases. If we are to make a transition to renewable energy, we will need to electrify as much of the economy as we can, including transportation. Electrified rail is one means, electric vehicles (EVs) are another. The focus here is mostly on our experience driving EVs. We’ve been driving electric since the fall of 2014.
Do electric cars pose a greater fire risk than petrol or diesel vehicles?
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In Norway, which has the world’s highest proportion of electric car sales, there are between four and five times more fires in petrol and diesel cars, according to the directorate for social security and emergency preparedness. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency this year found that there were 3.8 fires per 100,000 electric or hybrid cars in 2022, compared with 68 fires per 100,000 cars when taking all fuel types into account. However, the latter figures include arson, making comparisons tricky.
Chuck Moves to Volvo XC40 Recharge–Becomes EV Evangelist
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Paul Gipe
Chuck (Charles) Longabach took an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a new car. He’d always wanted a new Volvo. He’d owned …
New Guidance to Expand Access to Clean Vehicle Tax Credits
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Starting on January 1st 2024, new IRS provisions “will allow consumers to transfer credit to car dealers, reducing purchase price of new and previously owned clean vehicles at time of sale.” This is a fundamental shift in the clean vehicle tax credit idea. Currently, if the vehicle and buyer meet the criteria, the tax credit effectively deducts what the buyer owes in federal taxes. For example, if you were buying an EV that met the criteria to claim the max of $7,500 and you owed $5,000 in taxes to the federal government, you would owe nothing on your return, but lose out on the additional $2,500 left. Now, the credit becomes effective immediately, so buyers could use it as a down payment for their purchase, enabling the full amount to be claimed much easier.
Rivian’s Normal, IL, plant is now charging every new EV with 100% clean energy
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Michelle Lewis
Rivian’s 2.8 MW wind turbine at its Normal, Illinois, plant is officially online and, along with solar, is charging every new EV with clean energy. Rivian announced it would install the wind turbine in June 2022, and Charlottesville, Virginia-based Apex Clean Energy began construction of the turbine in May. Now it’s up and running and capable of generating nearly 10 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year – enough to power 890 average US homes.
Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles
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Electric vehicles (EVs) significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost all circumstances and are the key technology for decarbonising road transport. While not having a car has even larger climate benefits, many peoples’ ability to go car-free is limited by their circumstances and the availability of alternatives. This means EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). EV sales are growing fast, accounting for one in every seven cars sold globally in 2022 – up from one-in-70 just five years earlier. Yet EVs are also being subjected to relentless hostile reporting across mainstream media in many major economies, including the UK.
Land Rovers Keep Catching Fire, But EVs Get Blamed For Luton Carpark Fire
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Michael Barnard
Let’s put some basic facts on the table. The fire department identified the car which started the blaze. There’s video of it. It was a diesel Range Rover, one of the Land Rover group of cars. While there is a diesel battery-electric hybrid option for some of the Range Rover groups, there’s zero evidence that it was a hybrid.
