{"id":8975,"date":"2021-10-26T00:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2021-10-26T00:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:05:32","slug":"1133971_apple-seeks-batteries-hertz-adds-tesla-mercedes-eqc-back-on-vw-and-tax-credit-today-s-car-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=8975","title":{"rendered":"Apple seeks batteries, Hertz adds Tesla, Mercedes EQC back on, VW and tax credit: Today\u2019s Car News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The surge of the EV demand surprises even Tesla. Hertz opts to add at least 100,000 Teslas because of, in part, the experience and Supercharger network. Apple and Tesla are both looking for the same kind of batteries. The Mercedes EQC is back on, albeit not for a few years. And VW’s U.S. CEO says that the higher EV tax credit being proposed isn’t fair. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.<\/em><\/p>\n

The rental-car giant Hertz announced this morning that it plans to add 100,000 Tesla models to its fleet<\/a>\u2014and the convenience of the Supercharger network sells it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s CFO last week said that even Tesla was caught off-guard by a \u201cprofound awakening\u201d of electric vehicle desirability<\/a>. While that\u2019s enabled the EV maker to meet its sales targets, it\u2019s added complexity to supply chain issues and pricing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Volkswagen\u2019s U.S. CEO spoke out last week against the Biden administration\u2019s proposed tax credit for union-made electric cars<\/a>, calling it \u201cfundamentally wrong.\u201d As such, VW joins Tesla, Honda, Toyota, and others in pushing back on the union-made bonus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apple, like Tesla, is reportedly seeking lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries<\/a>, of the sort that are mass-produced by China\u2019s BYD and CATL, for its EV project. But Apple\u2019s talks with those suppliers, asking for dedicated battery factories, have reportedly stalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mercedes-Benz EQC electric SUV<\/a>, which was almost launched in the U.S., then delayed and finally canceled, is coming here after all\u2014but not until the next-generation form of the model, due in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The surge of the EV demand surprises even Tesla. Hertz opts to add at least 100,000 Teslas because of, in part, the experience and Supercharger network. Apple and Tesla are both looking for the same kind of batteries. The Mercedes EQC is back on, albeit not for a few years. And VW’s U.S. CEO says […]<\/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-8975","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\/8975","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=8975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8975\/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=8975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}