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Senate Republicans introduce bills to make EVs more expensive
Trump’s war on EVs continues.
Barrasso’s bill is called the Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric (ELITE) Vehicles Act (S. 541), because lawmakers love their awkward acronyms. The idea is that EV owners don’t pay any gas taxes that are collected for the Highway Trust Fund for infrastructure improvements and repairs. Both bills could run into opposition from other Republicans, especially those members who’s districts have directly benefitted from Biden’s EV investments in the form of new assembly plants and battery facilities.
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