Shocker: Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act Led To A Lot More EV Sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:58:31 +0000

Democrats and President Joe Biden revived the US EV tax credit for some companies, like Tesla, and expanded it to include coverage for things not covered before — like used electric cars. One change in particular, though, was especially useful. A loophole was included (accidentally, from background info I’ve been … [continued]

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What Is Going On With The $43 Million In Rebates Tesla Claimed In Canada Over 3 Days?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:37:30 +0000

People have been asking us to cover this story from Canada about 4 Tesla stores claiming $43 million in EV rebates from the Canadian government in 3 days and thus emptying the program account and blocking other auto dealers from getting reimbursed for EV rebates they passed along to customers. … [continued]

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Can Poland Become an EV Powerhouse?

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 04:00:54 +0000

T&E’s new director in Poland explains why a new subsidy scheme for EVs is so important for the country While there are growing calls — especially from Germany — for the European Commission to kick start an EU-wide scheme to support the sale of electric cars, the Polish government has … [continued]

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Concerned About US EV Tax Credit Going Away? Lease Any EV Today! Or Buy One Of These 15.

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:05:11 +0000

At the moment, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate that the following fully electric vehicles are eligible for the $7,500 US ZEV tax credit: Acura ZDX Cadillac LYRIQ Cadillac OPTIQ Chevrolet Blazer EV Chevrolet Equinox EV Chevrolet Silverado EV Ford F-150 Lightning Honda Prologue … [continued]

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Has Elon Musk Made A U-Turn On The US EV Tax Credit? Is The US Keeping It?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:28:37 +0000

During the 2024 US  presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked electric vehicles and Joe Biden’s EV policies, including the US EV tax credit (which was first passed under George W. Bush, but which was updated and strengthened under Joe Biden — and which revived tax credits for Tesla under Biden). … [continued]

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Musk’s Heil Gesture Is Important To The Next Four Years — And Here’s Why

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:32:49 +0000

Dozens of world leaders joined a group of fewer than 50 Nazi death camp survivors in Poland this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. The event is unalterably linked to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon … [continued]

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Trump Tries to Demolish Biden’s “Green New Deal” on Day 1 — EV, Solar, & Wind Policies & Funding Attacked

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:25 +0000

Even a con man tells the truth once in a while. Donald Trump, for whatever idiotic reason, hates cleantech. He has long hated wind turbines, thinks solar power is stupid and hates it, and trashes electric cars with misinformation on a regular basis. He also hates his political opponents having … [continued]

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The End of the Green New Deal?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:42:52 +0000

The Biden era is over, and the second Trump era is here. While most of the talk about a “Green New Deal” came several years ago, and there’s been no specific “Green New Deal” legislation that has been passed or close to it, two big pieces of legislation that were … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Focuses on Energy Storage Manufacturability to Improve Production, Reduce Costs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:58:25 +0000

DOE to fund $8 million for pre-production design innovations The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced the Aligning Manufacturability & Pre-production Design (AMPD) for Storage Technologies Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $8 million. This NOFO seeks to improve the manufacturability of energy … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee to Sunwealth to Deploy Solar PV & Battery Energy Storage, Creating Wide-Scale Virtual Power Plant

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:57:39 +0000

Project Polo will deploy commercial-scale PV and storage to create integrated virtual power plants across 27 states. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco … [continued]

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