{"id":13421,"date":"2021-11-13T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13421"},"modified":"2021-11-13T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:04:47","slug":"us-government-incentives-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13421","title":{"rendered":"Is The US Government Truly Ready To Support Electric Cars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"meta\"><em>This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/evannex.com\/blogs\/news\/public-works-bill-with-7-5-billion-for-ev-charging-infrastructure-goes-to-president-biden-for-signing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EVANNEX<\/a>, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/evannex.com\/\">EVANNEX<\/a>\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company&#8217;s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"label\">Posted on<\/span>\u00a0EVANNEX on November 13, 2021,\u00a0<span class=\"label\">by<\/span>\u00a0Charles Morris<\/p>\n<p>The road has been long and contentious, but the US House has finally passed its infrastructure bill, which authorizes $550 billion of new investment over several years, including $7.5 billion for <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/category\/charging\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"8\" data-params=\"%7B%22section_route%22%3A%22news%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22charging%22%7D\">EV charging<\/a> infrastructure and several other EV- and clean energy-related items.<\/p>\n<p>The total price tag for the package comes to over $1.2 trillion when routine funding for highways is included, making it the largest public works bill since President Eisenhower created the Interstate Highway System.<\/p>\n<p>The vote in the House was 228-206\u201413 Republicans supported the bill and 6 Democrats voted against it. The Senate passed the infrastructure plan in August with a bipartisan 69-30 vote. I think we can assume that President Joe Biden will quickly sign the bill into law.<\/p>\n<section contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"video\" data-url-params=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizer\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAYAAAA7KqwyAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAABpJREFUeNpi\/P\/\/PwMlgImBQjBqwLAwACDAAOVfAw9\/ZDvcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"1131\" height=\"636\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttgrRRC6WYo\" data-src-param=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><em>Above: Inside the electric vehicle charging infrastructure plan being proposed in the US (YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ttgrRRC6WYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Tech Space (Opens PDF)\">Tech Space<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the 7.5 big ones for public charging infrastructure, the bill includes: around $110 billion in new investment for roads and bridges; $65 billion for power grid upgrades; $66 billion for Amtrak and other rail; $39 billion for public transit; $5 billion for new school buses, half of which can be spent on diesel or CNG buses; $17 billion for port infrastructure; and $25 billion for airport repairs and measures to reduce congestion and emissions. The latter two items could include some funding for transport electrification (airport ground equipment, port drayage vehicles).<\/p>\n<p>After passing the infrastructure bill, the House adopted a procedural rule establishing floor debate parameters for the Democrats\u2019 next project: the $1.75-trillion Build Back Better Act, which includes several e-mobility-related measures. One of these is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chargedevs.com\/newswire\/parsing-the-latest-proposal-to-revamp-the-federal-ev-tax-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"a reboot of the federal EV tax credit (Opens PDF)\">a reboot of the federal EV tax credit<\/a>, including a controversial bonus for union-built EVs.<\/p>\n<p>The battle over this next bill could stretch into December, but for now, Democrats are taking a hard-earned victory lap. \u201cGenerations from now, people will look back and know this is when America won the economic competition for the 21st century,\u201d said President Biden.<\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22525964%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22US%20Senate%20Passes%20%241T%20Infrastructure%20Bill%2C%20Benefits%20EV%20Charging%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22senate-passes-nfrastructure-bill-evs%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FAvJqO%2Fs5%2Ftesla-model-3-charging-at-a-tesla-supercharging-station.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22544210%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Biden's%20Build%20Back%20Better%20Framework%20Retains%20%2412%2C500%20EV%20Tax%20Credit%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22ev-tax-credit-increase-retained%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%221%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FKL9M0%2Fs5%2Fpresident-joe-biden-in-the-jeep-wrangler-4xe.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n<p>\u00a0===<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chargedevs.com\/newswire\/us-house-passes-public-works-bill-with-7-5-billion-for-ev-charging-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Charged (Opens PDF)\">Charged<\/a>. Author:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charles-morris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Charles Morris (Opens PDF)\">Charles Morris<\/a>. Sources:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/regulation-safety\/house-sends-infrastructure-bill-ev-provisions-biden-tax-credit-union-built-evs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Automotive News (Opens PDF)\">Automotive News<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/05\/1050012853\/the-house-has-passed-the-1-trillion-infrastructure-plan-sending-it-to-bidens-des?t=1636306135486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"NPR (Opens PDF)\">NPR<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/580368-house-passes-12t-infrastructure-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"The Hill (Opens PDF)\">The Hill<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/06\/us\/politics\/infrastructure-black-caucus-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"New York Times (Opens PDF)\">New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company&#8217;s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}