Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and CAFE standards increase new LDV fuel economy through model year 2025 and beyond, with more fuel-efficient new vehicles gradually replacing older vehicles on the road and raising the fuel efficiency of the LDV stock by an average of 2.0% per year, from 21.5 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

To produce the vehicles, Ford is converting three truck and SUV plants to car plants—Michigan Assembly, Cuautitlan Assembly in Mexico, which begins building the new Fiesta subcompact early next year; and Louisville (Ky.) Assembly, which will be converted to produce small vehicles from Ford’s global Focus platform beginning in 2011.

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Ford SUV Michigan Tax 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

It will also list current tax credits and incentives applicable to EV charging. The Standard for High Performance Green Buildings will consider a revision to encourage EV-ready building practices. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code.

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Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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. So when Texas got hit by Uri, it couldn’t pull power from New Mexico or Colorado or further away in the Eastern Interconnection.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Though the vehicle itself will be assembled in Mexico, those Ultium units are technically a collaboration between GM and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution. But it should be good enough to warrant government incentives under the EV tax credit scheme. That’s “American Made” in the vaguest of senses.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

Citing studies and investigations, Consumer Reports is calling on the federal government to reevaluate the standards, which were adopted in 1971 and haven’t changed much since. If Inflation Reduction Act rules remain, the products might eventually qualify for the EV tax credit.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The provision that’s gotten the most press is a redesign of the federal EV tax credit—that’s only natural, because it’s the policy that’s most likely to directly affect the average consumer, and because politicians love to talk about tax breaks. Credit where credit is due.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

One policy is starting to stand out against the crowd: the National Clean Electricity Standard. Standards like this have been used across industries to influence commercial activities (think OSHA to protect workers on the job). The Clean Electricity Standard would direct electric utilities all across the U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. With a cadre of other states claiming to be on board with CARB standards, it almost doesn’t matter what the federal government’s standards are.

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