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Senate votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs

Senate republicans passed their version of the republican tax bill previously passed by the House. The bill retains most of the bad parts of the House bill, and still kills a slew of tax credits to help working families become more energy efficient, improve US air quality, and boost US manufacturing – instead channeling that money to wealthy elites, increasing the deficit by trillions of dollars along the way. Read more…

LEM launches new series of DC energy meters for DC fast and megawatt EV chargers


Swiss electrical measurement technology specialist LEM (Life Energy Motion) has launched a new series of DC meters. The DCES600 and DCES1500 meters address a range of DC current-sensing requirements. They are designed to achieve Class B accuracy at charger level at currents of up to 1,500 A and operating temperatures from -40° to +85° C,… Read more…

LG Energy Solution, Tesla build LFP battery plants in the US


Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are all the rage these days. Although they offer lower energy density than batteries based on NMC (lithium nickel manganese cobalt) chemistries, they tend to be cheaper, and their ingredients are more readily available, less toxic and less controversial. Automakers including Ford and Stellantis are steadily building production capacity for… Read more…

Senate bill pushes to scrap EV tax credits by September as Trump-Musk fallout continues

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The popular federal tax credits that have helped Americans switch to electric cars could be unplugged much sooner than anyone expected. A new proposal in the US Senate plans to eliminate the financial perks for buying new and used electric vehicles as early as this fall. For the last couple of years, the government has offered a helping hand to… Read more…

Partners celebrate opening of first EV fast charging station funded by Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program


The Washington State Department of Commerce joined the Clean and Prosperous Institute, Seattle-based Electric Era and charging site developer Skycharger to celebrate the opening of the first EV fast charging station funded by the Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program. The WAEVCP is the largest EV infrastructure program under the state’s Climate Commitment Act. The program… Read more…