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Elon Musk: Teslas Just Too Expensive For People … But We’re Fine Losing The $7,500 Tax Credit

December 1, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev tax credits, federal ev tax credit, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, tesla ev tax credit, us ev tax credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:53:23 +0000

Craig Trudell at Bloomberg has pointed out something quite notable. Over the past few years, in order to explain why Tesla vehicles were not selling as much as desired (and as much as Tesla could produce them), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has noted on several occasions that they’re still just … [continued]

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Two US Representatives Try To Suspend 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit

November 30, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, gotion, green economy, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:27:54 +0000

The 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit is a top incentive for stimulating and supporting clean energy and battery manufacturing in the US. However, at the moment, there are ways that Chinese companies can benefit from this, if they build factories in the US. That is completely unacceptable to some … [continued]

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Toyota’s CEO Makes A Disingenuous Call For Free Markets & Consumer Choice

November 30, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev subsidies, policy & politics, subsidies, toyota

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:01:10 +0000

In a recent opinion post at the Wall Street Journal, Toyota’s North America CEO, Jack Hollis, wrote about how Trump can get EVs “back on track.” The article is paywalled, but the sub-head and the introduction paragraph tells us about all that we need to know. It’s the old “consumer … [continued]

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Plugin Vehicles Cut CO2 Emissions 11% in US in 2023

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, Democrats, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, environmental protection agency (epa), EPA, fuel economy regulations, fuel economy standards, hybrid electric cars, phev, policy & politics, policy research, Republicans, research, us environmental protection agency (epa), us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:59:32 +0000

The US Environmental Protection Agency released a big report yesterday, the 50th annual Automotive Trends Report. This report analyzed fuel economy improvements in the US (focusing on 2023 model year vehicles), and it found that, thanks to policies pushing for better and better fuel economy, the country saw its best … [continued]

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US DOE: Recovering High Energy-Value Materials from Wastewater

November 29, 2024 admin arpa-e, cobalt, lithium, policy & politics, rare earth minerals, rare-earth metals, us department of energy (doe), Wastewater, Water

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:40:54 +0000

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has been stimulating, funding, and supporting early-stage energy technologies and companies for several years now, since it was formed in 2009 under the Obama administration. From cutting-edge batteries to next-gen solar, ARPA-E aims to be ahead of the curve … [continued]

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North Carolina Republicans Aren’t Worried About Cuts To Clean Energy

November 29, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, conservatives for clean energy, Electric vehicles, ev subsidies, ev tax credit, inflation reduction act of 2022., North Carolina, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, us ev tax credit, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:09:23 +0000

The Conservatives For Clean Energy are convinced they will be able to talk sense to the incoming administration. Good luck with that.

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Massachusetts’ Climate Law Will Limit Gas Pipeline Expansion, Ease Siting For Renewables

November 29, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, clean power, Massachusetts, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:33:50 +0000

Globally, October 2024 was nominally the second warmest October since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850. Some US states are in a state of denial about the climate crisis and its effects on everyday citizens. Others are charging head-on into establishing policies and legislation that will address the shift … [continued]

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Rivian Scores $6.57 Billion Jackpot From Program Republicans Want To Kill

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Georgia, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, loan programs office, lpo, Manufacturing, policy & politics, rivian, solyndra, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:58:34 +0000

The US electric vehicle startup Rivian is targeting 400,000 EVs per year at its new Project Horizon factory, taking shape in Georgia with a $6.57 billion assist from the Bush-era Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy.

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Plan To Bring Cupra-Branded Automobiles To US Moves Forward

November 29, 2024 admin clean transport, cupra, Electric vehicles, penske automotive, policy & politics, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:00:54 +0000

Pity poor Volkswagen Group. It has been struggling to build a significant presence in the US automobile market for decades, but has never become the volume seller it would like to be. It produces the battery-electric ID.4 at its US factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but does not offer its sportier … [continued]

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How & Why Would California Block Tesla From New EV Subsidy Program?

November 28, 2024 admin California, clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev subsidies, ev tax credits, gavin newsom, green economy, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla ev tax credit, us ev tax credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:57:28 +0000

I was just reading Tina Casey’s article on EV sales and saw the section at the end noting that California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to revive the state’s EV subsidies if Trump and Republicans kill the $7,500 US EV tax credit. The fascinating, or one might say crazy, thing about … [continued]

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