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what was your favorite $7,500 EV tax credit moment? -- (link)

Posted by mr mooch (aka pickmix) Nov 14 '24, 13:04

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https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trumps-transition-team-aims-kill-biden-ev-tax-credit-2024-11-14/ (www.reuters.com)

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i was wondering about the credits for things like new electrical panels, a/c units, etc. - tRuMaN Nov 14, 13:25
they can't pull my solar subsidy, can they? I installed in 2024, expect tax credit in 2025. is this one of those "file immediately and then amend your - amanda Nov 14, 13:19 5
- Theoretically, no but are any rules or laws going to be followed? -- nm - jnine Nov 14, 13:40 2
  - Laws and regulations can be repealed. -- nm - mara Nov 14, 15:07 1
    - Yes, but they aren't usually retroactive. -- nm - jnine Nov 14, 15:12
- I do not expect they will retro remove credits, because that would anger people. Anything is possible, but I doubt it. - ty97 Nov 14, 13:38 1
  - Depends on who they want to anger. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:57
Wonder what Elon thinks of that (honestly, I wonder it) -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 13:05 15
- This is where I assume they'll fall out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 14, 13:49
- "yet representatives of Tesla – by far the nation’s largest EV seller – have told a Trump-transition committee they support ending the subsidy.” - mr mooch Nov 14, 13:08 13
  - That's fascinating to me. Those Tesla reps are failing at their fiduciary responsibility. -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 13:13 3
    - Given Tesla has never met an excuse it couldn’t use to pump a crazy price, this gives them 4 quarters of excuses for slow sales. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 14, 14:41
    - (unless TSLA has evidence that the credit is driving people to buy competing EVs instead) -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 13:15 1
      - I suspect that he thinks that the overall drop off in sales will cause others to leave the market or cut back on investing in electric vehicles. -- nm - pmb Nov 14, 14:10
  - more like pulling the ladder up once you've reached the top -- nm - oblique Nov 14, 13:12 1
    - [nods] -- nm - mud Nov 14, 13:19
  - (i think it could flip Michigan back if they really go through with it) -- nm - mr mooch Nov 14, 13:09 6
    - Are the blue collar, union workers, pro-EV? -- nm* - jnine Nov 14, 13:23 5
      - You'd think with all the jobs being created -- (link) - oblique Nov 14, 13:26 3
        
        There'll be fewer jobs in EV manufacturing than in the existing supply chain, and a lot of them will involve different skills - Roger More Nov 14, 13:36
        
        Those jobs were created by Biden, prior to the election and people still voted red. I dont think people are necessarily voting in their own self- -- (edited) - jnine Nov 14, 13:36
        
        and yet . . . unions fucked over Dems despite Biden doing everything they asked of him -- nm - mr mooch Nov 14, 13:28
      - it's the future of the auto industry and there are several EV plants in Michigan currently -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 14, 13:24

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