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How to Save Big on a Tesla with Colorado’s New EV Tax Credit

EV Life

Colorado is one of the newest states looking to accelerate widespread EV adoption through aggressive financial incentives, introducing an electric vehicle tax credit for its residents in 2023. Effective July 1st, 2023, Colorado drivers purchasing new electric vehicles under $80,000 MSRP now qualify for a $5,000 EV tax credit.

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DOE Inspector General review finds automotive Li-ion battery maker LG Chem Michigan misused Recovery Act funds; DOE management, low market demand contributory

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The review also found that work performed under the grant to LG Chem Michigan had not been managed effectively. Only about 60% of the production capacity set forth in the grant agreement was constructed even though nearly $142 of $151 million (94%) of DOE’s share of project funds had been spent.

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Toyota agrees to fund a settlement valued up to $1.4 billion for unintended acceleration cases

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After two years of intense work, including deposing hundreds of engineers, pouring over thousands of documents and examining millions of lines of software code, we are pleased that Toyota has agreed to a settlement that was both extraordinarily hard-fought and is exceptionally far-reaching. Toyota will take a one-time, $1.1

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A Stand for Solar: How a united movement helped pause CA’s solar tax proposal — at least for now

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These included former CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who flat-out called the proposal a “solar tax,” and Senator Dianne Feinstein, who made her opposition to NEM 3.0 Granted, there’s momentum towards a more reasonable plan for California’s residential solar industry. as early as March 17.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The document is a detailed draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with the segment of the pipeline in the US, including: impacts from construction, impacts from potential spills, impacts related to climate change, and economic impacts. Draft SEIS.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. In other states, utilities submit a document where 90 percent of it is redacted. And Oregon is pretty transparent.

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U.S. to invest $325 million into EV charger reliability and lowering costs

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Part of the funding includes almost $149 million in grants dedicated to fixing non-working charging equipment, expected to help bring 4,500 broken public chargers back into operation. Below are all the companies listed on the private sector EV charging commitments document, or you can view full project descriptions from the White House here.