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President Barack Obama behind the wheel of a new Chevrolet Volt during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Michigan in 2010. In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama set the goal for the U.S. to become the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. [21]
In November 2013, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a rebate program to provide financial incentives up to $2,500 for the purchase or lease of new eligible vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), or plug-in electric drive with battery capacity larger than 4 kWh, from a licensed dealer or leasing company. [2]
In January 2019, with 148,046 units sold since inception in the American market, the Model 3 overtook the Model S to become the all-time best selling all-electric car in the U.S. [218] Until 2019, the Nissan Leaf was the world's all-time top-selling highway legal electric car, with global sales of 450,000 units through December 2019. [207]
Chinese electric vehicles that cost as little as $12,000 could supercharge the green energy transition, but might kill the American auto industry in the process. China is making cheap, high ...
The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999. A subcompact car , the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric vehicles.
Stellantis holds a 21 percent stake in Chinese EV maker Leapmotor. In a roundtable interview, CEO Carlos Tavares said that any Stellantis plant could build Leapmotor vehicles for a given market.
Swedish EV maker Polestar hit a major milestone today, commencing production of its Polestar 3 SUV in South Carolina as it looks to avoid US tariffs on China-made EVs.
American sales of hybrid electric vehicles represented about 36% of the stock of hybrids sold worldwide through April 2016. [5] Cumulative hybrid car sales in the American market passed the 1 million milestone in 2007, the 2 million mark in May 2011, [ 22 ] the 3 million milestone in October 2013, [ 23 ] and 4 million in April 2016, allowing ...