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Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US

Charged EVs

How much more are people willing to pay to get US graphite compared to Chinese suppliers? Now, if you look at just the materials half of the $7,500 tax credit, there’s $3,750 available, and graphite is on a short list of critical materials, along with lithium, cobalt, nickel and a few others.

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Ford’s EV price cuts boost demand as all-electric sales climb 80% in February

Baua Electric

billion site in Georgia. Once up and running, Hyundai expects EVs assembled at the facility will qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit, including its first three-row electric SUV , the IONIQ 9. The move comes as Ford looks to take on low-cost Chinese automakers and Tesla. Ford is shifting its focus to smaller EVs.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

on a path to reducing emissions more than 40% below 2005 levels, per a Princeton University analysis of the measure’s impacts : expanded tax credits for EVs, batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. And what about changes to the EV tax credit? carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.).