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Tesla’s Elon Musk talks EV charging infrastructure and billionaire taxes

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Musk also shared some of his more direct thoughts about the US government’s upcoming EV incentives, which heavily favor union-built electric cars such as the Chevy Bolt EV, as well as the idea of billionaires and how they are taxed. . When we started Tesla, there were no EV subsidies at all, and gasoline was super cheap.

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Ford Announces Ranger Plugin Hybrid EV, But It’s Not Coming To The US

CleanTechnica EVs

For some, the idea of only offering a few miles of electric range followed by combustion is already hopelessly obsolete. For others, they’re a cheap scheme to get tax credits or HOV lane access. Plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) can be a pretty contentious topic in the EV scene.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 3: MSRP Must Be Less Than $80,000

EV Adoption

Should expensive electric vehicles be excluded from the federal electric vehicle tax credit (IRC 30D)? But it also means that if the base MSRP of an EV is say $78,500 — that after various upgrades, add-ons, and destination charges — an EV costing $90,000 out the door, would still qualify for the tax credit.

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Buyers Guide: Budget EV Options for Clean Transportation

Clean Fleet Report

While new EVs come out all the time, many of them aren’t cheap. It comes in at an MSRP of $29,900, and that’s before the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. While the Leaf Plus isn’t exactly cheap, the EV tax credit and other incentives can make it even more affordable affordable. Most affordable–and maybe the most fun.

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Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese EVs, up from 25% to 100%

Baua Electric

But with these increased tariffs, that makes it less likely that US consumers will gain access to these cheap, high-tech Chinese EVs. The Inflation Reduction Act which updated the US EV tax credit included protectionist measures to disallow Chinese-sourced EVs from taking advantage of the credit.

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Benz’s $155k EQV electric people mover arrives

EV Central

The EQV’s not cheap, but lately every new car price announcement – prestige brand; EV or combustion – has us thinking the same thing. Maybe we should reset our idea on what ‘expensive’ is these days. A residential 11kW AC wall box has the battery from empty to full in around 10 hours.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

Baua Electric

Some company leadership favors the idea of tariffs , while other ( perhaps more sober ) leaders do not. So in the end, US jobs likely won’t benefit overall , and US consumers will simply be denied a chance to buy cheap new EVs from China – like, for example, the excellent Volvo EX30. But will the tariff change minds?

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