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Are electric car perks green privilege for the wealthy? Or, for the common welfare?

June 24, 2015 June 24, 2015

Let’s face it, the $7,500 federal tax credit for the Tesla Model S is hard to defend.  Only the wealthy can afford a $100,000 car, and the wealthy hardly need the tax credit.  This factoid opens the door to criticism against the whole project of electric vehicle adoption.   I…

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Protests in Nevada say Gigafactory deal picks winners and losers, with one loser being movie-making in Nevada

September 10, 2014 October 19, 2015

Last week Tesla Motors excited us by taking a big step toward the promised Gigafactory, that in turn is the necessary big thing to build to enable the Tesla Model 3 electric car.  While many people in Nevada are excited to know the Gigafactory is coming to Reno, and it’s…

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Sen. Baucus proposes eliminating electric car tax credit to simplify energy tax code

December 19, 2013 March 31, 2015

US Senator Max Baucus (D-MONT) wants to kill the federal tax credit for electric cars (section 30D) in favor of a system for “technology-neutral” tax credits for “clean fuels”.  The proposal is part of a larger package of energy tax code reforms that Baucus thinks will simplify the tax code,…

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Why is an oil stock owning Congress member pushing to end EV tax credits?

January 4, 2012 April 9, 2015
Representative Mike Kelly

Perhaps when we think “oil companies want to kill electric cars” our imagination is running away with us, but when a Congressman who owns/owned millions of dollars in oil company stock, who is also a car dealer, and wants to kill electric cars, what else is our mind to think?…

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Rep. Kelly’s HR 3768 proposes repeal of electric car $7500 tax rebate

January 3, 2012 April 12, 2015

The government tried to close his car dealership, he fought back, and now as a Congressman Rep. Kelly wants to kill the electric car. With HR 3768 introduced, on Dec 30, by Chevy Car Dealer and Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), a proposal to end the $7500 tax credit for electric…

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Electric Vehicle charging station tax credits a victim of US Govt budget battles

December 29, 2011 March 31, 2015

The latest round of the U.S. Federal budget showdown was averted with the deal on the payroll tax cut, but there was collateral damage with dozens of tax credits that were not extended and are now expiring on Saturday, including three related to electric vehicles and several more related to…

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