With the inauguration of Joe Biden, the USA is also facing a new chapter in transport policy. This not only pertains to the exhaust regulations changed by the Trump administration, but also various subsidies for electric mobility.
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The President of the USA, Donald Trump has just dramatically reduced fuel efficiency standards. These are now only required to increase by 1.5% each year through model year 2026 instead of the 5% annual increases introduced in 2012 by the Obama government.
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Tesla plans to build another Gigafactory in the USA, possibly in Texas. Elon Musk indicated his considerations with a post on Twitter and US President Donald Trump had also hinted that Musk would build another factory in the USA.
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Tesla and Rivian have teamed up with other industry leaders such as ChargePoint, Plug in America and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to form the National Coalition for Advanced Transportation (NCAT) to join the fight against the Trump government’s plan.
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California and 22 other US states have now filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, who is trying to deny them the right to set their own – higher – emissions standards. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has also just signed two laws to tighten emission standards for trucks and other vehicles.
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US-President Donald Trump wants to deny California the right to set its environmental standards for cars. Following reports last year, Trump has now announced this himself via Twitter.
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Canada and California have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote cleaner vehicles. This includes accelerating the uptake of electric cars.
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Trump could be responsible for hitting U.S. sales of electric bikes hard as pedelecs from China are included in a list of goods proposed for a 25% import tariff hike. This would drive prices up a couple of hundred dollars, potentially stifling a strong-going industry.
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Donald Trump, when asked to explain the budget for his new 200bn dollar infrastructure plan, has verbally agreed to a proposal, which would hike up the gas taxes in the USA by 25 cents. This move is surprising on various levels.
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French president Macron puts the money where his mouth is as he pledges to grant millions to U.S. scientists working on climate change. Such foreign aid had become vital since Trump is in open denial and wants to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
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In the wake of the big tax reform in the States, the future of the nationwide EV subsidies providing up to 7500 dollars for EVs has been widely unclear. But according to insiders, the programme stays now finally untouched.
Read moreReading tip I: U.S. President-elect Trump has vowed to opt out of the climate deal once in office. Now, some 365 businesses and major investors have addressed a letter to the president to be, current President Barack Obama and U.S. Congress, asking them to uphold the fight against climate change (which the real estate tycoon turned president believes to be a hoax).
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Reading tip II: Norway is reportedly miles ahead of other countries when it comes to getting electric mobility on the road. And even as Oslo officials plan on building 200 new chargers per year, finding a plug is getting more and more difficult. By 2020, there could be as many as 36,000 electric car owners who will have to share around 2,000 city-run charging stations.
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Reading tip: Forbes writer Joann Muller took a closer look at the auto industry under a President Trump, and found that manufactures will continue to have to push electrification, if they don’t want to lose their standing in China or other parts of the world. “So Trump would be wise to jump on the climate train, which has already left the station.”
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Video tip: Hyundai goes the distance, releasing a video of a driving range test of its Ioniq Electric. The EV made it 218 miles (351 km) on one charge. Only downside: he did so driving at an average speed of 50 kph.
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Trump car: The newly elected president of the USA may have deceived some poor people to believe he would be their saviour but his car park is anything else than a little man’s array. It includes Mercedes S as well as a Rolls Royce and obviously no electric car. At least he himself got to live the American dream.
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Reading tip: Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is going to be a “disaster” for the planet, writes Brad Plumer. He reminds us that Trump said he wants to repeal all federal spending on clean energy and electric vehicles and concludes: “With Congress at his side, this is totally doable.”
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Reading tip I: Travelling to the four corners of the USA on a Zero SR electric motorcycle is this summer’s holiday for Ben Rich. Seattle, Los Angeles, Florida, and Maine, are you ready?!
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Reading tip II: What would Donald Trump do to electric vehicles if he becomes president? It would be the end of tax incentives, a return to the era of unregulated emissions, and a feast for oil companies.
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