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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV’s electric drive unit (motor) that provides the acceleration also reduces the need for using the brakes and brake repair.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. million jobs” in the Japanese auto industry.

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The Congressional Review Act and its potential impact on EV tax credits

Plug in America

auto industry globally competitive. It lowered healthcare costs by capping insulin and prescription costs, providing free vaccines to seniors, and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. The IRA is also the largest-ever climate investment in U.S. Recently, a bill has been introduced in Congress (H.J.Res.148/S.J.Res.87)

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Driving that timeline is the shift to electric vehicles, which the Administration wants to account for 50 percent of all new cars sold by 2030. Permitting issues also bedevil wind power projects.

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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. Impacts on the electric vehicle ecosystem.

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Trump running mate wanted to repurpose $7,500 EV credit for gas cars

Teslarati

Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for President in the 2024 election over the weekend, and now, some Tesla and electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts are pointing to anti-EV legislation proposed last year by Trump’s newly selected Vice Presidential candidate. built gas vehicles. Ford, for example, loses $32,000 on every EV they sell.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

Yet he has a fan base inside the world of electric cars. Trump hasn’t had a well-defined platform—then or now—regarding clean energy, transportation, or the auto industry in the same way as President Joe Biden (or, by extension, Vice President and current presidential candidate Kamala Harris).