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US President Biden pats GM CEO’s back: “You electrified the entire auto industry. You led.”

Teslarati

Factory Zero has gone through a $2 billion conversion, and it is expected to produce several all-electric cars, starting with the GMC Hummer EV, a hulking zero-emissions pickup truck which, ironically, would (mostly) not be included in the Biden administration’s planned EV tax credit program. You know how critical it is? You did, Mary.

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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Several automakers like Toyota, who have been selling hybrid cars in India have been lobbying for a tax cut on the hybrid vehicles in India.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Green Car Congress

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. of the UK’s 2.5

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Tesla Model S Plaid goes up for grabs in fight for climate change policies

Teslarati

There are simply not very many vehicles in the auto industry that could hold a candle to a large, four-door legitimate family-hauler with literal supercar-beating performance. The fund would also be covering federal taxes on the car, which pretty much makes the grand prize of this year’s raffle worth about $161,982.62.

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Good News and Bad News: Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit in 2024

EV Life

Well, it’s 2024, the changes to the federal EV tax credit have officially taken effect, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The list of electric vehicles that qualify for the federal tax credit shrunk from 35 to 14, according to the US Department of Energy. Which Electric Vehicles Still Qualify for the Tax Credit?

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Republicans introduce bill that would hand US EV lead to China

Baua Electric

Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the US EV tax credit in the Inflation Reduction Act, with the effect of slowing US progress on EV manufacturing, thus handing the lead in EV manufacturing to China. These credits were an extension and expansion of the $7,500 EV tax credit first introduced in 2008.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.