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Second Tesla center in New Mexico to open on Santa Ana Pueblo

Teslarati

In September 2021, Tesla opened its first center on Native American tribal land in New Mexico. By building on tribal land, Tesla effectively sidestepped a New Mexico law prohibiting the company from directly selling EVs and operating a service center in the state. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

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2023 was a tremendous year for both EVs and Plug In America!

Plug in America

Clean Vehicle Tax Credits Clean vehicle tax credits kicked into high gear in 2023. New federal EV tax credits were expanded and updated, and credits for used and commercial EVs became available for the first time in January. New Mexico adopted the Advanced Clean Cars II standard (ACC II).

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. So when Texas got hit by Uri, it couldn’t pull power from New Mexico or Colorado or further away in the Eastern Interconnection.

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What a month for EVs!

Plug in America

That same day, the administration announced a reversal of the Trump-era rule that California would not be able to set its own rigorous air pollution rules. huge news and has been the subject of litigation by California and the states that have adopted its air quality rules for several years.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

California's zero-emission rules [claims it] will cut by 25 percent smog-causing pollution from light-duty vehicles by 2037. The rules mandate that 35 percent of the new cars sold be plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), EVs or hydrogen fuel cell by 2026. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.