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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

Green Car Congress

US Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Susan Collins (R-ME) along with Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) introduced the Driving America Forward Act, bipartisan legislation to expand the electric vehicle and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits. ITC Holdings Corp.,

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

Cars That Think

When a family in the Netherlands sought to claim their government childcare allowance, they needed to file a claim with the Dutch tax authority. In the tax authority’s workflow, the algorithm would first vet claims for signs of fraud, and humans would scrutinize those claims it flagged as high-risk.

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Tesla subpoenaed by SEC regarding Musk stock sale poll, 2018 settlement

Teslarati

The Tweet, which polled Musk’s Twitter followers on whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla holdings, may have violated the SEC settlement, which was agreed upon by both entities following Musk’s “funding secured” Tweet from 2018. The poll accumulated over 3.5 million votes, with 57.9

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2018 Nissan Leaf, electric van with drone, GM and Nissan vs tax bill, new Twitter poll: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, two carmakers push back against killing the electric-car tax credit, an electric delivery van with a drone option, the 2018 Nissan Leaf assessed, and a new Twitter poll on future cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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We need to talk about tax…

Clean Car

There have been some MAJOR changes to the company car tax treatment of battery electric vehicles (BEV) this year. Company car tax rates are designed to encourage company car drivers to choose cars with lower levels of CO2 and (from April 2018) NOx emissions. If you are driving a 2018 Ford Focus 1.5L The headline changes.

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Daimler AG Board approves Project Future corporate restructure; goes to shareholders in 2019

Green Car Congress

Following approval by the Board of Management and Supervisory Board the corporation can now move into the implementation phase of what it calls “PROJECT FUTURE”. The steps toward implementation will be taken in 2018 and 2019. Already legally independent, Daimler Financial Services AG will be called Daimler Mobility AG in the future.

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Sinopec proves 100-billion-cubic-meter natural gas reserve in Sichuan Basin

Green Car Congress

The Sichuan Basin is rich in ultra-deep natural gas and deep shale gas resources and is a main front for increasing natural gas reserves and production in the future. trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in 2019, 8% higher than in 2018. The government reduced the resource tax on shale gas production from 6% to 4.2%

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