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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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Mexico Won't Offer EV Incentives to Chinese Automakers

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Automotive News reported that the country would not offer tax incentives or land discounts to Chinese automakers. government believes that they should not be able to enter North America without paying tariffs. They also want to take action to protect American EVs from cheap or subsidized Chinese models. It noted that the U.S.

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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so. Incentives, grants, credits, tax breaks will be around for a while. The debate on infrastructure is irrelevant if there is no demand. The ability to scale truck demand will be limited by the nature of truck production volumes and market forces.

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Honda looks to build a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada

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After calling off beats with GM to “beat out Tesla” with a cheap SUV, it has now emerged with news that it is mulling over a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada. If all goes according to plan, Honda will produce in-house batteries at the plant, which would be the company’s second EV plant in North America.

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Biden rumored to announce quadrupling of tariffs on Chinese EVs, up to 100%

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But with these increased tariffs, that makes it a little less likely that US consumers will gain access to these cheap, high-tech Chinese EVs. The Inflation Reduction Act which updated the US EV tax credit included protectionist measures to disallow Chinese-sourced EVs from taking advantage of the credit.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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Since most EVs are only in use a small fraction of each day, they can often charge when energy on the grid is clean, cheap, and abundant. EVs are Eligible for Federal, State, and Utility Incentives The Inflation Reduction Act extended and expanded federal tax incentives for EVs. billion more in revenues than costs.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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This car was built at the CAMI plant in Ontario, where Geo Trackers and Suzuki Sidekicks were born in order to circumvent the Chicken Tax. Gas was cheap during the late 1980s and early 1990s, other than a spike after Iraq invaded Kuwait , but some car buyers still wanted good fuel economy. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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