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GM and Stellantis to receive over $1 billion from Biden administration for EV projects

Teslarati

Even as our competitors invest heavily in electric vehicles, these grants ensure that our automotive industry stays competitive — and does it in the communities and with the workforce that have supported the auto industry for generations,” Granholm noted.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. Indeed, the report makes cheerful reading—for anyone who doesn’t believe in climate change, and thinks EVs are a passing fad.

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

Green Car Congress

Negative reaction to the widely expected announcement was voluminous and vociferous: Ceres: “Rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the US auto industry. This is not a technical assessment, it is a move to demolish the nation’s clean car program.

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. And don't let those who have an anti-EV agenda lie to you.

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Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

Baua Electric

Not only has Tesla already met the targets (despite its CEO losing his way on climate change ), but so has Volvo (despite its recent misguided EV backtrack ) – showing that both a new(ish) startup and a company with an established, decades-old gas car business can both exceed these targets, and do so by a longshot.

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Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

The major climate and energy bill introduced last week by House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Henry Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey— H.R. 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. Markup on the bill begins on Monday, 18 May.

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President Obama Asks Congress for Carbon Cap Legislation; to Spend $15B per Year on Energy Technologies

Green Car Congress

We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21 st century. But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. It begins with energy.

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