Summary
The Trump transition team plans to dismantle key support for the US electric vehicle (EV) market by eliminating the $7,500 federal EV tax credit and diverting funds from EV charging stations to securing battery materials as a “national-defense issue.”
This marks a major shift from Biden’s policies, which prioritized rapid EV adoption and a domestic battery supply chain.
The plan includes imposing tariffs on battery parts and materials globally, with possible exemptions for allies.
These changes are expected to slow US EV growth, further widening the gap with Europe and China.
At this rate I’ll go buy a cheap used torch, slap two decent ebikes together and make my own. I literally need something to hold groceries a few miles I’m not blowing 100k on a vehicle with panel gaps as wide as the holes in musk’s ideology.
There are cargo e-bikes and trikes.
At the end of the day I wonder what a small electric engine attached to a bike wheel and battery would do?
Just get a Bakfiets.
I wish. They’re expensive af. They are intended as a car replacement for local driving and are priced as such
E-bikes are the real “EVs,” vastly outselling electric cars.