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Mar 13 2024
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Oregon to briefly reopen electric vehicles rebates
Oregon residents hoping to lower the cost of buying or leasing electric vehicles will get a brief window this spring to apply for a state rebate before the program is suspended, again. Rebates through the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program will be available from April 3 to June 3. Only vehicles bought or leased during that period will be eligible to apply for the rebate. Last April, the Oregon
The OregonianApr 12 2024
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Honda on track to start making electric vehicles in Ohio by the end of 2025
Honda's retooled Marysville Auto Plant will be able to produce both electric vehicles and vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, giving the automaker flexibility amid signs that demand for EVs is slowing. With construction of its battery plant near Jeffersonville on track to be finished by the end of 2024, Honda also says it's making progress retooling its Ohio plants to start making
The Columbus DispatchMar 30 2024
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No injuries after electric vehicle explodes inside garage in Boulder
No injuries were reported after an electric vehicle exploded inside a garage early Saturday morning. At approximately 6:08 a.m., Boulder Fire-Rescue received a report from an alarm company and was called out to Emerald Road. When fire crews arrived, they saw an electric vehicle that was inside the garage and smoking. When Boulder Fire-Rescue requested additional sources, the vehicle exploded
CBS News (Online)Feb 20 2024
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Biden Admin Backtracks on Electric Vehicle Push
The Biden administration is scaling back its push to shift Americans from gas-powered to electric vehicles, a move aimed at appeasing automakers and labor unions ahead of the presidential election this fall, according to the New York Times. The Environmental Protection Agency last spring introduced stringent limits on tailpipe emissions, effectively requiring at least 67 percent of new cars
Washington Free BeaconFeb 20 2024
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Blame Government Subsidies for the Electric-Vehicle Bubble
National Review (Opinion)Feb 29 2024
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Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat
President Biden took steps on Thursday toward blocking internet-connected Chinese cars and trucks from entry to the American auto market, including electric vehicles, saying they posed risks to national security because their operating systems could send sensitive information to Beijing.
The immediate action was the opening of a Commerce Department investigation into security threats,
New York Times (News)Apr 15 2024
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Former auto executives warn electric vehicle push happened 'too soon and too fast'
Data may say it all, but former auto industry executives are setting the record straight on the electric vehicle push. Former Ford, Chrysler and General Motors executive Bob Lutz and ex-Chrysler Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli told Fox News Digital that while electric vehicles (EVs) could change the entire auto industry, thus far, it's been handled all wrong. "In the short term, I'm afraid, it's
Fox BusinessApr 08 2024
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Pa. House committee to consider bill setting electric vehicle fee to start at $125
Pennsylvania’s electric vehicle owners would pay an annual fee to help make up for lost gas tax revenue that goes toward maintaining the state’s roads and bridges under a bill to receive consideration by a legislative committee Monday. The legislation, sponsored by the House Transportation Committee Chairman Ed Neilson, D-Philadelphia, would establish the annual fee starting at $125 next year
The Patriot-NewsMar 22 2024
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Stellantis To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees As It Struggles To Transition To Electric Vehicles
Stellantis announced Friday that it will soon lay off around 400 employees amid its challenging transition to producing electric vehicles (EVs).
The layoffs for one of America’s biggest automakers become effective on March 31 and are white-collar jobs largely at the company’s headquarters and a chemical center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, covering engineering, technology and software
The Daily CallerMar 20 2024
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Maine board rejects mandate to boost electric vehicle sales by 2032
AUGUSTA — The state Board of Environmental Protection has rejected a mandate to dramatically step up sales of electric and hybrid vehicles in Maine. The vote by the seven-member board on Wednesday comes on the same day the Biden administration released the nation’s strongest-ever limits on tailpipe pollution, a move also meant to boost electric vehicle sales. Maine car dealers and Republicans
Portland Press Herald