By GUEST AUTHOR Mariana Gerzanych CEO |  350Green

Last week the House and the Senate introduced separate but similar bills in support of Electric Cars.  Both are called “Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010″, both have the same outcome but go about it a bit differently.  They will each allocate about $10 billion to fund charging infrastructure and increase consumer tax credits. 

House Will:
-  Give $800 million to five regions.
-  Increase the Fed tax rebate for EV purchase to $9,500.
-  Give Tax Credits for the purchase and instalation of EV infrastructure up to $50,000.
-  Representatives Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) introduced the bill.

Senate Will:
- Give $250 million to fifteen cities.
- Increase the Fed Tax Rebate for EVs to $10,000.
- Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Jeff Merkley(D-Ore.) presented the bill.
Both bills look at reducing the nation’s dependency on Oil and follow the recommendations set forth by the EV Coalition earlier this year.  The exact language isn’t available yet; the bills are in the markup stage which means they will look completely different from the original documents.  Several large players are weighting pro and con.  The BP spill is rather unfortunately helping to push it along.

Mariana Gerzanych is CEO of 350Green LLC, a Company that will be installing charging station infrastructure for Electric Cars.  350Green is a partner in the eTec $99.8 mill DOE grant award to electrify the EV infrastructure in 5 markets: San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix/Tucson and Nashville.  You can find Mariana on Twitter @ukr50 and read more of her musings on www.350Green.com/news.

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