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TESLA,THE STOCK & EV STORIES“Hey SIRI, what’s Tesla’s stock price?”

Shell powers up plans to install 50,000 Ubitricity EV charge points

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4036443/shell-powers-plans-install-ubitricity-ev-charge 

• (Paid content, I did not sign up for, who put this in?)
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-31/shell-to-install-50-000-on-street-ev-chargers-in-u-k-by-2025 
• Looks like Big Oil is diversifying into powering EVs
• Will they deploy fast chargers? Something useful for folks on the run, not Level 2 (<30 miles of range per hour) disguised as fast charging?
• Will it be a reliable network?
• Will they charge a reasonable fee?

U.S. Democrats propose dramatic expansion of EV tax credits that favors Big Three

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-democrats-propose-ev-tax-credits-up-12500-2021-09-11/ 

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/SUBFGHJ_xml.pdf (pg 282)

• The Bill’s Details
  • This is in the House Ways and Means Committee and has come out of committee and will most probably change. 
  • No cap per manufacturer
  • Must be able to plug in (HYBRIDS INCLUDED? Blah!) and:
    • “which is propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery which”
  • Phases out in Dec 31, 2031
  • Credit at point of sale (Yay!)
  • Income limit (under $800k joint/$400k/yr income (NET?)) then phase out loses $200 of credit for every $1000 over 800/400k
  • Vehicle Price Limit (less than 14 Gross Vehicle Weight)
    • $55k for Sedan
    • $69k for SUVs
    • $74k for pickups
    • $64k for vans
    • 2&3 wheeled Vehicles
• $4000 (additive)
  • Thru 2023 for any EV with 7khw
  • Thru 2031 10 kwh
  • Requires US final assembly after 2026
• $3500 (additive)
  • 2023 - Battery Capacity above 40kwh
  • 2031 - Battery Capacity above 50kwh
• $4500 (additive)
  • “Domestic Assembly”
    • “The term ‘domestic assembly qualifications’ means,with respect to any new qualified plug-in electric vehicle, that the final assembly of such vehicle occurs at a plant, factory, or other place which is operating

under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated

by an employee organization (as defined in section

12(c)(4)), determined in a manner consistent with section 7701(a)(46).” 

Congressional Comments

• Rep. Dan Kildee tells reporters it's a "possibility" they will change the union provision of proposed EV tax credit legislation if there's another way to reward companies w/ very high labor standards. "It's been a difficult path" to find a compromise "but we're open to it."
• But both

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