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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

The Truth About Cars

A Volkswagen-funded Chinese automaker has a new type of battery that offers some benefits over lithium-ion batteries, namely cost and cold weather performance, but it’s unclear if we’ll see them in the United States. Image: Iryna Imago via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 5: Making the Credit Refundable

EV Adoption

One of the biggest complaints about the federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credit (IRC 30D) is that its structure of using a non-refundable tax credit is clearly more beneficial to higher-income households. How the Current Tax Credit Works For EV Buyers.

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Ansys releases pre-lockdown global survey on vehicle electrification

Green Car Congress

Nearly one-third of those surveyed already own an EV or plan to buy one within five years. Conversely, 39% of respondents would only buy an EV if gasoline-powered vehicles were no longer available. Americans cite too few charging points and too high upfront cost as the leading barriers to buying an electric vehicle.

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Tesla ships more vehicles from China to North America

Teslarati

Now, Lund has confirmed that a second ship carrying Tesla vehicles has left Shanghai and is on its way to Canada, packed with vehicles that were built at the Chinese factory. based customers to take advantage of the tax credits that make the cars more affordable. Tesla is likely keeping U.S.-produced

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Tesla to bring LFP battery supply chain to US – Bloomberg News – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This year, Tesla’s cheapest cars, the Model 3 compact sedan, lost tax credits for the purchase of EVs under the Inflation Reduction Act. Tesla is expanding its battery facility in Sparks, Nevada to bring the supply chain for cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) to the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines, report says

Baua Electric

The publication wrote: The automaker plans to buy machinery from CATL, as the battery maker is known, and install it in the city of Sparks, said the people, who asked not to be identified. CATL is a Tesla cell supplier, but the US has been wary of Chinese cell manufacturers coming to the US to take advantage of the tax credit.

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Kia EV9 wins, Fisker franchises, Tesla tops BYD, leather in EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Which EVs made the tax-credit shortlist in 2024? The Kia EV9 is Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. 2024 Rivian R1S A preliminary list of 2024 EVs qualifying for the tax credit was released early this week by the EPA, and as expected there are very few models qualified for the full $7,500 amount.

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