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Austin Russell, chief executive officer of Luminar Technologies, speaks during a news event at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. For the first time, CES has a theme: how technology is addressing the world’s biggest challenges. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg

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California is commit to zero - emission vehicle , even if the federal mood shifts .

The land ’s governor , Gavin Newsom , a Democrat , said Monday that if the incoming Trump establishment cuts the $ 7,500EV tax credit , he will propose rebates for eligible resident physician who buy electric vehicles .

“ We ’re not turning back on a clean exile futurity — we ’re go to make it more affordable for people to repulse vehicles that do n’t pollute , ” Newsom said in astatement .

President Joe Biden insert the taxation credit under the bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act , but the incoming Trump governing is powerfully consideringcutting the programas part of broader taxation reform .

Newsom say he would propose a new rendering of California ’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project , which phase out in 2023 , but funded more than 594,000 vehicles in its lifetime . The propose rebates could come from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund , which is fund by polluters under the state ’s chapiter - and - trade program .

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