by Gina Mangieri for KHON2, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 26, 2011
The state is extending incentives to help drivers buy electric vehicles, as manufacturers try to keep up with growing demand.
The deadline to take advantage of state rebates on E-car and charging station purchases had been September of this year. but buyers are still [...]
Full article →by Sonia Isotov for MauiNow.com, July 25, 2011
Hawaii residents can save up to $13,500 by applying for rebates on new electric or hybrid electric/gasoline cars and chargers, and now the state has extended the application deadline to January 31, 2012.
From early January to mid-July, the State’s Energy Office is reporting that 128 [...]
Full article →published on LiveThriveAtlanta, August 8, 2010
Wheego Electric Cars is a small company with a big, green vision. Wheego hopes to be the first car company in the U.S. to offer an affordable, all-electric car across the country. President Obama has committed to buying the first 100 cars off the assembly line from any [...]
Full article →ATLANTA (June 14, 2010) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS today announced they are taking reservations for the all-electric Wheego Whip LiFe car on their website at www.wheego.net.
“We are on schedule to be the first company to offer an affordable all-electric car in the U.S.,” announced Wheego CEO Mike McQuary. “Other auto companies [...]
Full article →by Jennifer Palmer for OKNews.com, June 2, 2010
The state has pulled the plug on tax credits for electric vehicle buyers.
A law passed Friday, the final day of the legislative session, eliminating the tax credit effective July 1. The changes won’t impact existing tax credit applications or pending litigation because it isn’t retroactive, [...]
Full article →by Jennifer Palmier for NewsOK, May 15, 2010
Electric vehicle maker Wheego wants to bring a production plant to Oklahoma because of high sales in 2009. But the Atlanta-based company first wants the reassurance of a state tax credit for its customers.
PIEDMONT — Wheego Electric Cars is considering [...]
Full article →By Andy Ostmeyer for the Joplin Globe, April 27, 2010
MIAMI, Okla. — With gas prices in the neighborhood of $2.75 a gallon, Scott Kreeger figures it costs 13.8 cents a mile just in fuel costs to deliver pizzas using a vehicle with a traditional combustion engine.
Now, he figures he will be able [...]
Full article →MapaWatt, February 12, 2010
As many of our readers know, Mapawatt’s headquarters is located Atlanta, Georgia. When most people think of renewable energy, they think of clean-tech centers like California, Oregon, Washington, etc. This is why I was thrilled to find another great clean energy startup based [...]
Full article →by Jim Motavalli for BNET, March 18, 2010
I reported yesterday that price was one of the “Seven Barriers to the Electric Car.” Indeed it is, but some states are trying to reduce the economic hurt by offering [...]
Full article →Atlanta, Georgia (February 17, 2010) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, manufacturer of all-electric vehicles, today announced it has signed Ellis Brooks Auto Center as its dealer with exclusive rights to sell the Wheego Electric Car product line throughout California’s San Francisco Bay Area Including San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Francisco Counties.
Wheego President Jeff Boyd [...]
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