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"California governor Gavin Newsom is preparing for the second round of a Donald
Trump presidency, promising this week that if the Trump administration
eliminates the country’s federal zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) tax credit, he
will aim to reintroduce the state’s own subsidy program – and has reportedly
threatened to exclude Elon Musk’s Tesla from the program.
During his most recent campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to end what he
called Joe Biden’s “EV mandate” – a stretch, considering there is no such
mandate in effect for the United States as a whole.
However, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – which was passed in 2022 did
include a $US7,500 tax credit for the purchase of new electric vehicles (EVs).
Trump spent his campaign spouting a range of lunatic claims against EVs –
including that they don’t work in the cold and that they cannot travel long
distances. In a speech to supports in New Jersey in May, Trump claimed that “on
day one I will immediately terminate Joe Biden’s insane electric vehicle
mandate and there will be no ban on gas cars or gas trucks.”
It may be that Trump’s vitriol towards electric vehicles has softened somewhat
in recent months, ever since Tesla CEO Musk began committing millions to his
re-election campaign and became what Musk describes as “first buddy”.
Musk donated an estimated $US132 million to Trump and other Republicans in the
run-up to the 2024 election and was repeatedly brought onstage to speak at
Trump rallies through the closing months."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
