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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

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Argonne releases new cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US LDV vehicle-fuel pathways

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The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions. Cost assessments represent a final cost/price to the consumer, excluding taxes on the final product (e.g.,

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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

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A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions.

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Peninsula Clean Energy expands EV rebate program; up to $1,000 for new EVs under $45K

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Peninsula Clean Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation agency and the official electricity provider for San Mateo County in California, is expanding its program offering rebates to help first-time buyers of new electric vehicles. Eligible vehicles are any new EVs that have a purchase contract cash price of $45,000 or less, before sales tax.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

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For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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A newly released analysis produced by Beacon Economics for the nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank Next 10 has found that California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) market is on track to meet or exceed a target of 1.5 million ZEVs on California’s roads by 2025. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Infrastructure Tax Credits

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Both state and federal governments are encouraging businesses and individuals to start making the switch to EVs, and they are putting up the funds to make it happen — in the form of generous, aggressive EV charging infrastructure tax credits. And good news — this tax credit has been extended through 2021.