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Comments Electric Cars Are Better for the Planet – and Often Your Budget, TooSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. Electric Cars Are Better for the Planet – and Often Your Budget, Too 768 Electric vehicles are better for the climate than gas-powered cars, but many Americans are still reluctant to buy them. One reason: The larger upfront cost. New data published Thursday shows that ...

Was 2020 The Year That EVs Hit it Big? Almost, But Not Quite Despite significant breakthroughs, sales of electric vehicles were largely stagnant, and the cost of the cars puts them still out of reach for most Americans. December 21, 2020 A charging cable is plugged into a Volvo electric vehicle in London on Nov. 18, 2020. Credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images Related Share this article In the energy world, 2020 was both unsettling and exciting, a year when the coronavirus pandemic drove bill...

NGT News The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a plan to invest up to $115 million to increase the number of fueling stations in the state that support hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The funding nearly doubles the state’s investments to date and will help California achieve its goal to ultimately deploy 200 public hydrogen fueling stations. The plan also supports Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order phasing out the sale of new gasoline-powered passeng...