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EPA issues summer waiver for higher ethanol gas
2+ week, 5+ day ago (475+ words) The EPA announced Wednesday it will issue an emergency waiver allowing the nationwide sale of gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol as legislation that would allow the same remains stalled in Congress. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin issued the waiver…...
Fuel economy standards rewrite poised to deal a blow to EVs
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1020+ words) Electric vehicle advocates are bracing for the Trump administration's anticipated reversal of the coupling'more than a decade ago of vehicle fuel economy standards with EPA goals to reduce tailpipe emissions. The Transportation Department's upcoming rewrite of Corporate Average Fuel Economy…...
EV and renewable companies brace for end of tax credits
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1233+ words) The electric vehicle and renewable energy industries are bracing for the end of tax credits they had been relying on to rapidly expand the'technologies across the U. S. The phaseout, brought on by the 2025 reconciliation law, hit the EV industry last week…...
GAO finds DOT funding pause on electric vehicle charging illegal
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (542+ words) The GAO said the Transportation Department acted illegally when it paused funding this year for an electric vehicle charging program. The Government Accountability Office said Thursday that the Transportation Department's pause on funding for a Biden administration electric-vehicle charging program…...
The possible source of Trump's false $2 gasoline claim
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (733+ words) By D'Angelo Gore The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is still over $3, and no state has an average price below $2. 60. But since mid-April, President Donald Trump has falsely claimed, repeatedly, that gasoline prices "hit $1. 98 a gallon…...
Trump to give carmakers tariff break on vehicles finished in US
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (833+ words) The administration will allow car makers that finish their products in the US an offset to recover part of the levy on imported parts. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that aims to soften the blow of…...