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

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Longtime Tesla bull ARK invest recently identified battery cost declines as a form of “good deflation” that could lead to a boost in EV sales. 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.

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Auto Lobby Says EPA Targets Aren’t Achievable

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Automotive News , which shared the memo and information that the AAI was going to be dressing down the EPA, suggested that the rules could force EVs to comprise half of new-vehicle sales by the 2030 model year and two-thirds by 2032. This could be because EV adoption rates haven’t increased at the pace the industry originally envisioned.

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

Baua Electric

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.