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Next 10-UC Berkeley study suggests additional tax revenue or income-based rate structure to make electricity more affordable for Californians

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We’re proposing solutions that would recover system costs through sales or income taxes, or an income-based fixed charge, which would pay for long-term capital costs while ensuring all those who use the system—and specifically, wealthier households—contribute equitably. The report examines a variety of implementation options for this model.

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Nissan and Toyota EV tax credit, Stellantis-LG battery plant, cobalt and EV affordability: Today’s Car News

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decisions over resource control—may lead to EV-affordability issues. Toyota and Nissan are introducing more EVs just in time for buyers to claim the full EV tax credit. The parent company of Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler teams up with LG for a battery plant in Canada. We look at how cobalt prices—and some bad U.S.

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Government of Canada investing nearly $15M in new EV chargers across the GTA

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Since 2016, the Government of Canada has invested $1 billion to make EVs more affordable and chargers more accessible for Canadians and has approved funding to support the installation of more than 34,500 EV chargers to date.

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Canada’s Budget 2022 calls for C$3.8B to launch Critical Minerals Strategy

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billion) in funding to make zero-emission vehicles more affordable and to build a national network of charging stations. million over five years on a cash basis, starting in 2022-23, for Natural Resources Canada to provide public access to integrated data sets to inform critical mineral exploration and development; and.

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Mullen’s Class 3 electric truck receives approval for California incentive – Charged EVs

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EV maker Mullen Automotive has received approval under the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) from the California Air Resources Board for its Class 3 2024 Mullen THREE. The incentive program is designed to make EVs more affordable.

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

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Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” As critics of the initiative, such as Tesla and other renewable companies and organizations in the state, launched efforts to combat the NEM 3.0 Affordable Clean Energy for All , a coalition of groups that include open NEM 3.0

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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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McGee said that in nations such as the United States where fossil fuel energy is substituted for renewable energy as a way to reduce carbon emissions, it comes at the cost of increased inequality because the shift to renewable energy is done through incentives such as tax subsidies. —Julius McGee. 2019.05.024.

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