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Senate Finance Committee Approves $12,500 EV Tax Credit Bill

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On Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee advanced the Clean Energy for America Act making a few tweaks from earlier proposals. Changes include raising the federal EV tax rebate ceiling to $12,500 and opening the door for automakers who already exhausted their production quotas.

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

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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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Tesla introduces financing product for Model S customers; lease-sale hybrid

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Tesla Motors, in partnership with Wells Fargo and US Bank, has created an automotive financing product that combines elements of ownership and leasing for Model S customers. Elements of the new program include: US Bank and Wells Fargo have agreed to provide 10% down financing for purchase of a Model S (on approved credit.).

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Firefly & Hyundai Motor America create pilot program to offer rideshare fleets & drivers new vehicles with bonus income up to $3,600/year

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With opportunities for drivers to earn additional income upon purchasing a new vehicle by having Firefly’s smart display screen technology integrated onto and inside each vehicle, Hyundai Drive by Firefly could help cover monthly car lease/financing costs for qualified drivers and fleets for the duration of the program.

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Redwood Materials receives conditional commitment for $2B DOE loan for battery materials campus project

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Redwood will draw upon this milestone-based financing in tranches that support phased construction and allows the company to unlock funding as it accelerates the construction and expansion of its first battery materials campus. This will provide enough battery materials to produce more than one million electric vehicles a year domestically.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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Most of this growth is driven by an ever increasing demand for electric vehicles. Energy storage might form a relatively small piece of the overall financing required, but it is a strategically critical piece of the puzzle. Demand for lithium ion batteries is forecast to grow to 3.7 Manufacturing the additional 2.7

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Researchers call for major change in US policies supporting plug-ins; failure of “mainstream consumer bias”

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Although sales of plug-in vehicles (plug-in hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles, collectively PEVs) in the US climbed more than 80% in 2013 to more than 96,000 units (Tesla has not yet released its final figures) from 52,835 units in 2012 EDTA ), the 2013 results still reflect a meagre new light-duty vehicle market share of ~0.6%

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