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Obama Oil Tax, Electric-Car Charging Costs, Tesla Gigafactory: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, President Barack Obama proposes a tax of $10 per barrel on oil, California wrestles with the question of who should pay for electric-car charging infrastructure, and the Nevada government says the Tesla "Gigafactory" fell short of job and investment projections in 2015. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Electric Car 'Outrage': Obama Goal Missed, Dubious TV Report Dissected

Green Car Reports

"Billions of your tax dollars were spent to put a million electric cars on the road by the end of this year. Also perhaps vaguely reminiscent of 2011 and 2012, when uninformed, context-free, and factually-wrong "news" stories emerged about the Chevrolet Volt and, by. You might be outraged when you hear what happened."

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USA avoids fiscal cliff: boost for energy tax benefits and electric cars

Green Cars News

The issue of the “fiscal cliff” – an across-the-board leap in taxes and spending cuts – has finally been resolved in the USA after the US Senate passed a vote on New Year’s Day. Now, an amended bill, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, has made a number of revisions and extensions [.].

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Obama budget backs electric vehicles

Green Cars News

With the aim of having one million advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015, President Obama’s Budget offers clear support for electric vehicle manufacturing.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News. By Dana Hull.

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Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers

Plugs and Cars

The Detroit News Autos Insider column today is reporting on Congressional efforts to promote plug-in hybrids and the backlash from the automakers. Toyota made the car, the Prius, that made plug-in conversions possible, and now they are trying to rein in the desires unleashed. Whatever it's called, it's got Toyota in a tizzy.

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Part of Elon Musk’s $15B tax bill will likely end up helping the fossil fuel industry

Teslarati

Elon Musk may be paying an estimated $15 billion in taxes this year due to his massive sale of part of his TSLA holdings, but his contributions to the US government may end up supporting the fossil fuel industry. The US government takes money from the person who heads the electric car company and spends it on fossil fuel support.

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