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81% of EVs Sold in 2023 Still Qualify for the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Life

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) introduced new guidelines for a federal EV tax credit aimed at helping qualified drivers purchase an electric vehicle. The tax credit is part of a broader plan to make 50% of new vehicles sold in the United States hybrids or plug-ins by 2030. What are the New Changes to the Federal Tax Credit?

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Saft to Raise Approximately 120M to Fund Li-ion Plants in US

Green Car Congress

Saft remains very focussed on its exciting medium term growth prospects, with high performance Li-ion batteries and is delighted that its projects have been chosen by the US Government to receive grants to build new factories in North America. million, including $100 million of investment-related, refundable tax credit.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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It did not include CODA and Fisker nor models introduced after the survey period such as the Chevy Spark; Fiat 500e; BMW i3 and i8, or the Cadillac ELR. For example, eligibility for all or a portion of the federal tax credit is based on the customer’s tax liability, a consideration that is typically unknowable until tax time.

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First drive in the Kia EV9: The three-row electric SUV many consumers have been waiting for

Baua Electric

By last summer, we learned the Korean automaker was expanding its US facility to include EV9 production – Kia’s first BEV to be built in America and eventually qualifying for (some) federal tax credits (more on that later). inches longer than the Kia Telluride) Headroom (dual sunroof on GT-Line): Front Row: 39.6 inches Second Row: 38.8

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U.S. to invest $325 million into EV charger reliability and lowering costs

Teslarati

Part of the funding includes almost $149 million in grants dedicated to fixing non-working charging equipment, expected to help bring 4,500 broken public chargers back into operation. Below are all the companies listed on the private sector EV charging commitments document, or you can view full project descriptions from the White House here.

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Frost & Sullivan consultant suggests European EV success will require radical lightweighting plus enabling legislation

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Legislations for taxing weight size and engine power will help produce and sell such a car. You can almost park two quadricycles in one car park where one 5m length BMW 7 Series would fit. The car of the future is a small city car, but not necessarily electric, Meilhan suggests. And finally, it reduces congestion as it is smaller.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

The ISO 15118-20 standard enables bidirectional communication between the charging station and the vehicle, and with OCPP 2.0.1 , permission is granted to go through the DC port. Those districts are tax-exempt organizations, therefore they have access to attractive loans. It’s also possible to do V2G through an AC port.

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