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EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

Several states offer tax incentives to reduce the upfront cost of PEVs to consumers. These incentives are in addition to a federal (nationwide) tax credit, which ranges from $2,500 to $7,500 depending on battery capacity and gross vehicle weight. Electric vehicles per 1,000 vehicles.

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Ford reportedly eliminates lease-to-buy option on electric vehicles

Teslarati

” Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota push for Congress to eliminate EV tax credit limits. “The purchase of the BEV Lease is to aid in our goal of delivering carbon neutrality by 2050 by controlling the vehicle battery through its life, keeping it in the Ford network.”

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

Only one nuclear power plant is currently under construction in the United States, in eastern Georgia. On the state level, no fewer than 12 —California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont—all have their own conditions restricting new nuclear construction.

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