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Carmax, Carvana, and automotive stakeholders urge U.S. Senate to keep EV tax credits

Plug in America

The future of the auto industry is up for grabs, and the future of the auto industry is electric. Innovation will stall, and with it the burgeoning industries and companies in EV-adjacent spaces like battery recycling. The tax credits help build domestic supply chains and energy security.

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Trump’s tariffs: here’s what they mean for Tesla and the auto industry

Teslarati

has had a trade surplus with Canada for the last sixteen years straight when not including the energy sector, or oil, natural gas and electricity. “The auto sector is going to shut down within a week,” Volpe said. Following a repost of Trump’s words on X , community notes pointed to a TD Economics saying that the U.S.

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Ford, BASF partner to deliver auto industrys first castor oil-based foam in the 2012 Focus

Green Car Congress

Ford and BASF have teamed up to develop a sustainable, plant-sourced castor oil-based foam product for the 2012 Ford Focus instrument panel. The new castor oil-based foam is significantly more durable than the previously used material, with a 36% better tensile strength (a measure of the foam’s ability to hold its shape over time and use).

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Gallup Poll Finds Surge in Positive Ratings of Auto Industry in US; Still Less Favorable Than in 2000-2005

Green Car Congress

Americans' opinions of the automobile industry have posted a 15-point positive increase after reaching an all-time low last year, and now tilt more positive than negative for the first time in three years, according to a new Gallup poll. Click to enlarge. in Gallup's annual Work and Education Poll.

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Auto Industry Backs Additional Funding for Research into Impacts of Mid-Level Ethanol Blends

Green Car Congress

The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is current considering a request to allow more than the current limit of 10% ethanol in gasoline to increase overall ethanol consumption in the US fuel pool. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Tesla maintenance and repair costs are lowest in the auto industry: data

Teslarati

.” The team behind the analysis reached out to members in its 2023 Annual Auto Surveys to let them know how much they paid out of pocket for total maintenance , including oil changes and servicing, as well as for repairs. You can see CR’s rankings below for the most and least expensive vehicles to repair and maintain.

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Battle over EV tax credit pits automakers against oil interests

Green Car Reports

—and pitted the efforts of the auto industry soundly against those of the oil and gas industry. The possibility of an extension for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit has recently intensified lobbying efforts in Washington D.C.—and So reports the Washington Post.