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Among the many policy changes proposed in the House’s newly introduced tax reform bill, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” is a repeal of the $7,500 federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credit. Current policy calls for an already-scheduled phase out of the credit over the two quarters following each automaker surpassing plug-in vehicle sales of 200,000 units. The new proposal would eliminate the tax credit entirely at the end of this year—only EVs registered on or before December 31, 2017 would qualify. Continue reading “Federal Electric Car Tax Credit, Once Bipartisan, Threatened by Republican Tax Reform”

Over this past weekend, with no announcement or notice, the website for Fueling U.S. Forward went dark. The Koch-funded campaign that had set out to promote the “positives” of fossil fuels has seemingly shut down, having wiped the website from the internet and deleting all traces on Facebook and all of its videos off of Youtube. Continue reading “Farewell to Fueling U.S. Forward”

Hot on the heels of their deceptive “Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars” video (which we debunked thoroughly, and others did too), Fueling U.S. Forward has released a new video that criticizes EV tax credits as a “massive wealth transfer from poor to rich.” It’s time for another debunking! Continue reading “Fueling U.S. Forward Bashes Electric Cars Again With Second Attack Video”

Just last week, we fact-checked and debunked every line of “The Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars,” a video produced by Fueling U.S. Forward that represents the group’s first public pivot from fossil fuel boosterism to EV attacks. More electric vehicle experts are also picking the video apart. Continue reading ““The Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars” Debunked Again and Again”