New legislation to raise the electric vehicle sales cap for automakers from 200,000 to 400,000 cumulative sales was proposed by a group of bipartisan lawmakers.
Tesla unveiled a battery-electric, midsize SUV called the Model Y that will feature a minimum driving range of 230 miles and will be available at a starting price of $39,000.
The Trump administration has plan to cut the $7,500 federal tax credit that has supported sales of battery-electric vehicles as part of its 2020 budget proposal.
At the Green Truck Summit, Carlton Rose, president of global fleet maintenance and engineering at UPS, said the desire for clean and quiet trucks is growing and pointed out how the global delivery giant has already made substantial investments in that green future.
The company already owns 350 EVs, including Teslas, Jaguars, Renaults, Nissans, and Kias, among other brands.
Electrify America is installing Tesla Powerpack battery systems at more than 100 of its battery-electric vehicle charging stations to mitigate higher power demand charges.
The City of Fremont, Calif., home of the Tesla manufacturing plant, may deploy the country’s first Tesla patrol car.
General Motors reached the threshold of 200,000 plug-in electric vehicles sold in December, which begins a phase-out of the $7,500 federal tax credit over the next 15 months, Reuters reported.
In a series of tweets, CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla has gone into the trucking business.
NHTSA recently issued a statement that a 5-star rating is the highest rating a vehicle can achieve under its crash-testing program, but stopped short of naming one vehicle as the safest vehicle on the road today.