NRDC: Tesla Delivers Model 3 as California Moves Plan to Boost EV Market

Tesla has delivered the first 30 production Model 3’s—the automaker’s mass-market, affordable electric vehicle (EV) that will be available for under $27,500 after a federal tax credit. This marks a potential tipping point for the EV market, but it still leaves more than half a million people waiting to get theirs after putting down $1,000 deposits for the vehicle. And some might ask for their money back if the charging infrastructure network doesn’t catch up to consumer demand. Thankfully, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) just approved the first cycle of an $800 million investment to accelerate the market for EVs. And, earlier this year, the U.S. EPA approved the first cycle of a corresponding $1.2 billion national plan. The combined $2 billion investment by Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, represents one part of a consent decree its mother company reached with the federal government and California after it was caught cheating on diesel emissions tests. To learn more, see this blog

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/max-baumhefner/tesla-delivers-model-3-ca-moves-plan-boost-ev-market just posted by Max Baumhefner, NRDC's clean vehicles and fuels attorney.

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