Revised EV Tax Credit Could Discount Electric Trucks Costing Up to $80,000
The electric vehicle tax credit in the Build Back Better bill has raised its price ceiling for vans, SUVs, and pickup trucks to $80,000, up from $64,000, $69,000, and $74,000, respectively.
The income levels necessary to be eligible for the credit have gone down. If one's individual income is above $250,000 or their household income exceeds $500,000, they no longer qualify for the incentive. This is down from $400,000 and $800,000. The $55,000 cap for sedans has stayed where it is, effectively making smaller, more expensive cars less attractive from an incentives standpoint.
Non-unionized domestic automakers like Tesla and Rivian are upset and a company like Lucid, which isn't unionized and makes no vehicles besides sedans above $55,000, would currently receive little if any of the credit despite being an American company building EVs in Arizona.
Read the article at The Drive.
Geotab Sustainability Report 2021: Moving the World to a Sustainable Future
With transportation accounting for about 15 to 20 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, announced its commitments to helping fight climate change, including an ambitious target of Net-Zero by 2040 (a full decade earlier than the Paris Agreement).
Acknowledging the pivotal role it plays as an enabler of low-carbon fleets and supporting infrastructure, Geotab has outlined its sustainability commitments as well as a report card of its current progress in its inaugural Geotab Sustainability Report.
“Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time,” said Neil Cawse, Chief Executive Officer of Geotab. “Our commitment to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 is not just about us — it’s about creating a better world for the generations to come.
And as a global leader in connected transportation, we have a unique opportunity to work with our peers and partners to help move the commercial transport ecosystem to carbon neutrality."
Where the Heck Are We Going to Charge All of the Electric Cars?
One in three U.S. housing units does not have a garage, according to the 2019 American Housing Survey, and many of those households do not have their own parking spots. Some studies suggest we’ll need as many as one charger for every two electric vehicles.
Where to charge them? Many cities are experimenting with EV charging at the curb and so far, that is working much the same way as street parking: every driver for him or herself.
Even at low voltages, however, curbside charging is a challenge. “You’d think they’d be simple projects—pole-mounted, streetlight-mounted—but the way it’s looking right now is they’re all kind of one-off, and you don’t get a cost reduction from scaling. It’s going to be cheaper to put it in a garage in almost any scenario. Curbside will be a niche.”
Read the article at Slate.
How to Develop a High-Impact Team
The best leaders cultivate a climate that is both comfortable and intense. They remove fear and provide the security that invites people to do their best thinking. At the same time, they establish an energizing, intense environment that demands people’s best efforts.
If you want the people on your team to venture beyond artificial job boundaries and do what’s needed, help them see what’s most important at any given time. You can help your team know where to focus by defining the W.I.N. (What’s Important Now) and keeping it front and center.
People generally need two types of information to achieve top performance. The first is clear direction: What is the target, and why is it important? (In other words, the W.I.N.) The second is performance feedback: Am I hitting the target? Am I doing it right?
Think of feedback as critical information—data that people need in order to calibrate and adjust their approach—rather than a critique. When feedback is simply much-needed information, and not a personal judgment, the feedback is easier to both share and receive.
Read the article at Strategy+Business.
ZipCharge Go is a Suitcase-Size Powerbank for EVs
Photo courtesy of ZipCharge
ZipCharge has launched a new type of charging product for EVs that might be able to convince people worried about range anxiety to switch from gas vehicles.
The British startup has introduced a powerbank for EVs called ZipCharge Go at the Cop26 climate summit. It's about the size of a suitcase and weighs around 50 pounds.
According to the company, the Go can provide up 20 miles of range after being plugged into the car for 30 minutes. A higher capacity version will be able to provide an EV up to 40 miles of range. The device works with any plug-in hybrid or EV with a Type 2 socket, and it can charge that vehicle to its full capacity between 30 minutes to an hour.
Read the article at Autoblog.
