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Republicans have long opposed the $ 7,500 Union tax recognition for electric vehicles contained in the Inflation Reduction Act ( IRA ) . Now , it seems President - elect Donald Trump ’s conversion team has made that a prioritywith plans to terminate the revenue enhancement credit as part of broader tax reform legislation , Reuters describe citing two unnamed sources .
TechCrunch has confirmed the information with one reference noting that the transition squad appear “ unhesitating on this . ” Reports of the modulation team ’s intention make the lineage price of Rivian , and other exposed auto maker , to flow . Tesla shares fell 5 % , and Rivian shares dropped by more than 12%.Despite the seeming risk for Tesla , the party ’s CEO Elon Musk ( who is also a Trump ally ) has antecedently supported removing the subsidy . “ Take off the subsidies . It will only help Tesla,”Musk wrotein a July 2024 berth on X , the social platform he own .
It ’s deserving notice that pour down the tax credit can not be done with the wave of an executive order once Trump is in office . The so - called30D Clean Vehicle Credit , which gives consumer a $ 7,500 taxation credit rating for certain modification eV , is part of the tax computer code . This means it must be approved by Congress .
The best prospect to remove the taxation credit would be to include it in the tax reform package that is expected to go to Congress in the spring . In the meantime , the Trump administration could use the Treasury Department , which would make it more difficult to fall upon the taxation credit .
Of naturally , Republicans will have to evaluate some of the proviso show in the EV tax credit rating , which are designed to incentivize domestic manufacture and to make the U.S. less reliant on export from China . To qualify for the EV tax credit rating , fomite must be assembled in the United States , and certain battery components and vital mineral source requirements must also be met . For instance , the IRA mandate at least 50 % of the value of certain critical minerals in an EV battery must be sourced and process in the U.S. or a trade partner country . That requirement increase by 10 % every yr through 2027 .
