Electric Vehicles

Renewable groups and advocates for electric vehicles are worried about provisions in the House tax plan that would weaken tax credits for the wind industry and eliminate the credit for electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall,File)

Energy and Environment

Senate Democrats urge Republicans to fix ‘assault’ on wind and solar in tax bill

Josh Siegel · December 12, 2017 6:53 pm

Faraday Future's FF 91 electric car is unveiled during a news conference at CES International in Las Vegas. The International Energy Agency reported this year that electric vehicle sales worldwide reached 750,000, which is around one percent of sales. That's about the same for the United States. But in some countries, such as Norway, the penetration rates are as high as 29 percent. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Energy and Environment

Rise of electric vehicles threatens oil industry

John Siciliano · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

John Conyers and more on No Things Considered.

John Conyers’ ridiculous “retirement,” Trump slows illegal immigration, and Lauren Fix talks Tesla on No Things Considered

Tim Young · December 6, 2017 12:39 am

McAuliffe left the GreenTech in 2012 and has claimed that he no longer has any ties to the company since then. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chinese investors sue Terry McAuliffe, GreenTech Automotive for ‘scam’

Joe Nuziale · November 28, 2017 8:49 pm

The wind industry says the proposal would disrupt investment planning because producers have been preparing for a phase-out of the tax credit over five years, as Congress agreed to in a bipartisan 2015 agreement. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Energy and Environment

Energy winners and losers in House GOP tax reform proposal

Josh Siegel · November 2, 2017 8:02 pm

In 2016 Congress allowed a key tax credit to expire for fuel cell vehicles, despite the ongoing federal tax incentives for battery electric vehicles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Hey, Congress: There’s room on the road for all zero-emission vehicles

Morry Markowitz · October 24, 2017 4:01 am

The Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel mandate could get a whole lot more complicated if Democrats are able to add electric cars to a credit program designed to boost corn ethanol and other liquid biofuels in America's gasoline supplies. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Energy and Environment

Democrats look to fit electric car credits into EPA’s ethanol mandate

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 12:20 pm

California’s Gas Tax Emits Political Hot Air

Kevin Cochrane · April 18, 2017 10:00 am

The White House said the Federal Highway Administration would create 48 alternative fuel corridors that will include infrastructure for charging electric vehicles. (Photo by John Amis/Invision for NRG/AP Images)

Energy and Environment

Obama to boost number of electric car charging stations

Kyle Feldscher · November 3, 2016 2:36 pm

Interest from young adults is rising as automakers manufacture more models of battery-charged vehicles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Energy and Environment

Millennials driving surge in electric car sales

John Siciliano · September 19, 2016 5:17 pm

The EPA is building in the incentives while admitting there is no market, nor demand, for electric trucks, the agency said in the final truck rule. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Obama gives electric trucks a big bump in new climate rules

John Siciliano · August 18, 2016 5:18 pm

Obama: ‘Much more to do’ on climate change

Energy and Environment

Obama: ‘Much more to do’ on climate change

Anna Giaritelli · August 13, 2016 10:00 am