Trump Transition Team Plans To Take A Sledgehammer To Biden Era EV Policies

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:10:11 +0000

The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.

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Plugin Vehicles Cut CO2 Emissions 11% in US in 2023

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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Tesla Has Gotten Tremendously More Support From Democrats

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 03:57:32 +0000

A big part of this story was originally going to be about why Elon Musk has turned on Democrats, focusing particularly on he and Tesla getting slighted by Joe Biden in a press conference that really didn’t matter or mean anything. However, going into all of that probably doesn’t matter … [continued]

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New Mexico Hits the Gas on Cleaner Cars

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 18:16:12 +0000

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Kathy Harris & Noah Long  New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards (“Boards”). With this […]

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NHTSA Agrees With Tesla & Increases Fines For Automakers Not Meeting Fuel Economy Rules

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 03:59:03 +0000

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has agreed with Tesla in a move that will increase the fines for automakers whose vehicles don’t meet fuel efficiency requirements for model years 2019 and up, Reuters reports. The NHTSA has reinstated the increase in penalties on this topic which could cost other automakers hundreds of millions […]

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Why Automakers Should Actually Care About The Environment

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:01:08 +0000

Dear Automakers, You should support the environment. In fact, without it, we would not be able to buy your cars. I mean, we would be dead if we didn’t have clean air to breathe. Same problem if a climate disaster kills us, or ruins our livelihood

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