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California expected to move forward with diesel trucks ban

Teslarati

If this new diesel truck ban is implemented, it could easily face a similar legal challenge. Most notably, this could push many shipping companies on the west coast toward electric semis, such as those currently made by Tesla , Peterbilt, Volvo, and others. What do you think of the article?

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

EV Adoption

Geely, through its majority-owned companies Volvo and Polestar are already in the US – more on that later.) Currently only the Polestar 2 and Volvo S90 T8 PHEV are being produced in China for sale in the US. Volvo S90 T8 PHEV – Source: Volvo. Volvo S90 T8 PHEV – Source: Volvo.

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

Charged EVs

California legally should be able to do their own standards under the Clean Air Act. They can adopt the [previously agreed] Obama standards, or they can look at the [2019] deal that California cut with the five car companies [Ford, Honda, BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo], which was a little bit less stringent than the Obama standards.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

This is a lot earlier than their 2025 target (which, to be clear, is not a legal requirement yet, more of a soft target agreed upon by Norway’s government). As Motor acknowledges in their article , the very last gas car probably won’t be sold in April 2022. 4 Volvo XC40 Electric car 4 995 4.51 3 Volkswagen ID.4 15 Volkswagen ID.3

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

Before we get started: we wanted to remind you that this article is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. 4 models qualify.

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3 Scenarios That Would Make An EV Ineligible For the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Adoption

In my previous article, Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives , I outlined and analyzed 13 proposed changes to IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit). In this brief article I will share the 3 scenarios that lead to an EV being completely disqualified from any available tax credit amount.