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EPA settles with Tesla over Clean Air Act violations at Fremont plant; $275K penalty

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Tesla Motors Inc. EPA found Clean Air Act violations at Tesla’s automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif. Under the settlement, Tesla agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty. Under the settlement, Tesla agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty.

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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Hybrid cars see higher tax incidence in India compared to their pure petrol counterparts, despite emitting lower pollutants into the environment.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk calls out President Joe Biden for union-loving EV narrative

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk called out President Joe Biden for his union-loving electric vehicle narrative, showing that he might care about the wrong thing completely. While Biden has been a main driver of the EV story, he has refused at many points to mention Tesla when discussing the sector. The UAW has yet to take Tesla up on that offer.

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Tesla Gigafactory Seeks North American Raw Materials To Cut Pollution

Green Car Reports

To mitigate such pollution issues and increase supply chain transparency, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has announced it will source.' All cars require raw materials and energy to produce, use energy during their time as transport, and require energy to recycle--the components that can be recycled, at least.

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

Teslarati

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. It’s also looking to publish air pollution information in the database on either a weekly or a monthly basis. In 2021, Tesla urged a U.S.

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Tesla and EPA finally release Cybertruck documentation

Teslarati

Tesla Cybertruck documentation has finally been released by the EPA, and it shows some new details but nothing that is totally game-changing in terms of the pickup’s general operation or specs that were released during the unveiling event last week. percent of pollutants, making the cabin extremely safe and improving air quality.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales, Tesla Gigafactory Site, Most-Polluted Cities: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: We run down plug-in electric car sales for April, the latest on Tesla''s Gigafactory site choice, and the 10 most-polluted cities in the U.S. Tesla Motors will soon select a site for its lihtium-ion cell Gigafactory soon. What are the 10 most polluted.' Or will it choose two sites?

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