Electric Vehicle Subsidies As Complex And Costly As Ever Authored by David Williams via RealClearEnergy, Electric vehicles (EVs) may be the most subsidized product in America. Federal taxpayers shell out $7,500 every time a new eligible electric vehicle is purchased (usually by wealthy buyers). State and local taxpayers chip in an additional $1,500 for each EV purchase. Then, there’s the tens of billions of dollars “invested” by policymakers into building EV plants. Even these...
Expert renewable energy and EV solutions provider, The E-Merge Group, specialises in the planning, installation and maintenance of EV infrastructures, and the team is calling on educational institutions across Yorkshire to boost chargepoint facilities for staff and visitors by leaning on the support of Government-based, education sector-specific grants. These include the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, which was announced recently and could provide up to 75 percent of the...
For the last quarter century, those of us hoping we could slow global warming were anxious to see a quick conversion to electric vehicles (EVs). If we could get most people using electric vehicles, and have the energy coming from clean sources, we could radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The problem was that EVs were More
A study shows by BloombergNEF found that electric vehicles emit far less heat-trapping pollution than regular gas powered cars. You can read all the details here: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/electric-vehicles/chart-evs-are-definitely-cleaner-than-gas-cars-over-their-lifetime Categories: Weather Blog
(The Center Square) – Legislation in the Illinois General Assembly would make it more difficult to qualify for a rebate on an electric vehicle purchase. In January 2023, rebates of up to $4,000 for EVs and $1,500 for electric motorcycles became available in Illinois. In the first round, Illinois' EV rebate program cost taxpayers $19 million. That is nearly 4,900 purchasers of EVs getting $4,000 rebates. Of those, only about 10% were low-income individuals, despite the program...
Biden to bring in a four-fold increase on electric vehicles coming from China. The four-fold raising of tariffs on clean-energy goods from China will be announced on Tuesday, according to reports
Battery-swapping services provider Battery Smart has raised Rs 376 crore ($45 million) from Acacia Inclusion Ltd, MUFG Bank, Blume Ventures, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, PC-SBI Kurashi Fund and British International Investment.While Acacia Inclusion, MUFG Bank and PC-SBI Kurashi Fund are new investors in the company, Blume Ventures, British International Investment and Ecosystem Integrity Fund have increased their investment, documents filed by the firm with the Registrar of Companies showed.Acacia...
Expert renewable energy and EV solutions provider, The E-Merge Group, specialises in the planning, installation and maintenance of EV infrastructures, and the team is calling on educational institutions across Sheffield to boost chargepoint facilities for staff and visitors by leaning on the support of Government-based, education sector-specific grants. These include the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, which was announced recently and could provide up to 75 percent of the...
President Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China in an announcement Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the decision.
White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensionsThe US president, Joe Biden, has announced a 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of a package of measures designed to protect US manufacturers from cheap imports.In a move that is likely to inflame trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, the White House said it was imposing more stringent curbs on Chinese goods worth $18bn. Continue reading
President Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China in an announcement Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the decision.
The Everything Electric North event will run at the Yorkshire Event Centre from May 24-26 and will feature most of the electric vehicles (EVs) on the market. Many industry experts will be on hand to chat to visitors and there will be more than 50 live theatre sessions. Organisers say the first event last year drew 15,000 people and this year’s is expected to be bigger. It has now been rebranded as Everything Electric North. The event comes amid a surge of interest in electric vehicles. The...