Trump team seeks to eliminate tax credit for buying electric vehicles

[Craig Nigrelli]

AS PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP CONTINUES TO NAME MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, A BIT OF POLICY NEWS CAME OUT THIS WEEK.  REUTERS IS REPORTING THAT TRUMP’S TRANSITION TEAM WANTS TO GET RID OF THE $7500 TAX CREDIT FOR PEOPLE WHO BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 

ENDING THE TAX CREDIT COULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE E-V INDUSTRY, WHICH IS STRUGGLING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 

THE SUBSIDY OF $7500 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW E-V AND $4000 FOR A USED CAR, IS PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. 

ACCORDING TO SOURCES, DONALD TRUMP’S CHOICE FOR INTERIOR SECRETARY, NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE DISCUSSIONS TO REPEAL IT. 

THE TRANSITION TEAM SUPPOSEDLY HAS HAD MEETINGS AT TRUMP’S Mar-a-Lago RESORT SINCE TRUMP WON THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5TH.  THE ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION, A TRADE GROUP REPRESENTING MAJOR AUTOMAKERS, HAD URGED CONGRESS, A MONTH AGO, TO **RETAIN** THE E-V CREDITS, CALLING THEM “ CRITICAL TO CEMENTING THE U.S AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING. “ 

ADDING TO THE INTRIGUE IS TRUMP ALLY ELON MUSK, WHO is the CEO and founder of  TESLA, THE LARGEST E-V SELLER IN THE UNITED STATES.  MUSK IS ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT ENDING THE SUBSIDY MIGHT HURT THE SALES OF TESLA BUT IT WOULD **DEVASTATE** TESLA’S COMPETITORS.

KILLING THE TAX CREDIT COULD SAVE THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS DONALD TRUMP LOOKS TO EXTEND TAX CUTS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN 2025 AS THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS TAKES UP A LARGER TAX REFORM BILL IN THE NEW YEAR.  FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP