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Tesla bull calls battery cost declines “good deflation” that could boost EV sales

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A few years ago, Nissan announced that the 2016 Leaf SV and SL variants would come standard with its 30kWh battery pack for an EPA-rated 107 miles of range. ARK calculated that the 2016 Nissan Leaf would cost ~$39,000 in today’s dollars. ARK calculated that the 2016 Nissan Leaf would cost ~$39,000 in today’s dollars.

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Auto Lobby Says EPA Targets Aren’t Achievable

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But it’s hard to have any sympathy for the industry after so many manufacturers have been chanting the mantra of electrification since 2016. The industry has been wildly anti-consumer in some of its recent practices and your author has been required to absorb countless press releases using language that borders on ridiculous.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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Trump hasn’t had a well-defined platform—then or now—regarding clean energy, transportation, or the auto industry in the same way as President Joe Biden (or, by extension, Vice President and current presidential candidate Kamala Harris). First, let’s take a look at how Trump policy affected the auto industry in the previous term.