incentive Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:44:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Boosting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations – Georgia Holds Out the Carrot https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boosting-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-georgia-holds-carrot-20140827/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boosting-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-georgia-holds-carrot-20140827/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:44:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49041 The state of Georgia, in the United States, thinks that electric vehicles are a good idea, and is holding out the carrot to organizations and universities to increase their use of the new technology. While many fleets have determined that electric vehicles are a great way to reduce their transportation bottom line, there’s still plenty […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boosting-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-georgia-holds-carrot-20140827/feed/ 0 49041 Have we Been Incentivizing Electric Vehicles Wrong All This Time? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/incentivizing-electric-vehicles-wrong-time-20140506/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/incentivizing-electric-vehicles-wrong-time-20140506/#respond Tue, 06 May 2014 15:40:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47353 Electric vehicles aren’t exactly the biggest sellers in the automarket, and it’s easy to see why. First, electric vehicles, not including the $100,000 Tesla Model S, are more expensive than their conventional or even hybrid electric vehicle counterparts, as much as $10,000 more, in many cases. Let’s face it, why would you spend an extra […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/incentivizing-electric-vehicles-wrong-time-20140506/feed/ 0 47353 Electric Vehicle Incentives to Resume in China by May https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-incentives-to-resume-in-china-by-may-20130330/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-incentives-to-resume-in-china-by-may-20130330/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:28:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35505 China expects to resume electric vehicle incentives sometime in the next couple of months, which will help defray the extra cost of buying more expensive electric vehicles. The last series of Chinese electric vehicle incentives ran from 2010 through 2012. Anyone who wanted to buy and electric vehicle after December 31, 2012 had to pay […]

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