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IRS invites consumers to comment on EV tax credit qualifications

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is inviting consumers to share comments on the electric vehicle tax credit qualifications. Some variants of the Tesla Model Y and the Ford Mustang Mach-E will not receive any incentives from the IRA at all, yet some vehicles that use fossil fuels will. We’ll update you if/when we receive one.

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Ford Scales Back Michigan Battery Plant Investments

The Truth About Cars

Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. From Ford: While we remain bullish on our long-term strategy for electric vehicles, we are re-timing and resizing some investments.

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President Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act, cut EV tax incentives

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President Joe Biden will sign the Inflation Reduction Act today, and the act will cut EV tax incentives with it. The act makes loans and tax breaks available to manufacturers to switch production to electric vehicles. Top-of-the-line Ford F-150 Lightnings will also no longer be eligible. What do you think of the article?

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing a Ford F-150 Lightning

EV Life

The debut in 2021 of the all-electric version of America’s most popular pickup truck, the Ford F-150 Lightning , marked a major shift in the truck landscape. Since then, Ford has continued to introduce improvements to its popular all-electric truck, even winning MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year in 2023.

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Ford F-150 Lightning becomes Vermont Governor’s truck

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Earlier this week, Governor Phil Scott of Vermont took delivery of a new Ford F-150 Lightning that will be part of the his fleet of vehicles that ensure secure transportation. According to the Department of Energy website , the State has four incentives in the form of grants or tax credits to help individuals or organizations buy EVs.

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Proposed Federal EV Tax Credit Reform: Will It Move the Sales Needle?

EV Adoption

For electric vehicle observers, the legislation contains two key provisions: The first would extend the tax credit to automakers who already reached the current phaseout level of 200,000 EVs sold with another 400,000 vehicles, but with a reduction to $7,000 from the current maximum $7,500 credit. It won’t solve the problem.

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New House-Proposed EV Incentives Benefit Lobbyists, Not The American Taxpayer

CleanTechnica EVs

Elon Musk shared a piece on Sunday published on Bloomberg along with his thoughts on who exactly wrote it — Ford and UAW lobbyists. He also pointed out that Ford’s EVs are not even made in America. The article, which touched upon Ford’s success with its […]. How does this serve the American taxpayer?

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