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Australian uptake of EV and plug in hyrbids could stall without tax breaks

The Driven EV News

Australia risks stalling efforts to cut transport emissions if it does not reintroduce tax breaks and incentives for the purchase of electric and hybrid vehicles. The post Australian uptake of EV and plug in hyrbids could stall without tax breaks appeared first on The Driven.

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Congress is pushing a punitive tax on EV drivers

Plug in America

As part of the Budget Reconciliation bill, Congressional leadership has proposed an annual car tax of $250 on EV drivers and $100 on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). This car tax only targets low- or zero-pollution vehicles. This tax is targeted at EV drivers. At the current federal gas tax rate of 18.4

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Carmax, Carvana, and automotive stakeholders urge U.S. Senate to keep EV tax credits

Plug in America

As we’ve previously explained, cutting the EV tax credits now would be a costly mistake. If the EV tax credits are rolled back: People will lose hundreds of thousands of jobs, and companies will lose billions of dollars in investments. The tax credits help build domestic supply chains and energy security.

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April 2025 EV sales: Tesla sales tank in crazy month that saw hybrids drop, BYD boom

EV Central

BYD the EV sales winner Chinese brand BYD was a comfortable EV sales winner in April with 1639 of its 3202 sales pure battery electric vehicles (the rest were plug-in hybrids ). Given Toyota now has a bunch of hybrid-only models Yaris, Corolla, Yaris Cross, Corolla Cross, Camry, RAV4 and Kluger the result was unexpected.

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Canceled After All: VW Won't Bring the ID.7 to the U.S. Or Canada

The Truth About Cars

Many have announced a walk-back of lofty electrification goals, including Ford and General Motors, which have delayed or canceled some EV models in favor of more affordable hybrids and plug-in hybrids. VW moved ID.4

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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

Automakers can meet the goals by manufacturing hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel-efficient gas cars, or any other viable technology that reduces tailpipe pollution. Another reason to lease an EV is that some automakers are passing along the federal clean vehicle tax credit through leases.

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Danger signs! Latest research shows top ICE brands including Toyota, Ford and Nissan struggling to hit new Aussie CO2 limits

EV Central

We have already seen brands like Toyota take decisive action by announcing they will switch their passenger lineup to hybrid engines across all their passenger cars and Ford is bringing to the Australian market a plug-in hybrid ute this year. READ MORE: Which is best for the environment: EV or ICE?

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