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The United States expects all vehicles sold by 2030 to be zero emissions.
Dallas Burkholder it was the figure of the Biden administration that sought the help of Tesla to this end.
The United States Renewable Fuel Standard is a federal program administered by the EPA, which began in 2005.
There are many governments around the world that have sought help from large technology companies and relevant entrepreneurs in the automotive industry to solve social and environmental problemsan example of this was recently revealed when exposing that the administration of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, sought the help of Tesla to develop policies that prioritize the use of electric carsdespite the public dispute between the president and the company’s CEO, Elon Musk.
As reported by US media, the link between the two administrations took place the same day that President Biden took the oath, at the beginning of last year. This information indicates that the person in charge was Dallas Burkholder, a member from the Environmental Protection Agency, who emailed Rohan Patel, one of Tesla’s top lobbyists.
In the email sent by Burkholder, it was mentioned that the Biden administration wanted input from Tesla regarding a plan to significantly expand the scope of its renewable fuel subsidies for electric vehicles in the United States, which triggered a series of meetings between Biden officials and the South African tycoon, as well as groups representing biogas producers and filling station companies such as Waste Management, Republic Services and ChargePoint Holdings.
gasoline subsidy
It is important to highlight that the America’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), is a federal program administered by the EPA, which began in 2005, and requires that transportation fuel sold in the United States contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. Until now, it has been mainly a subsidy for corn-based ethanol.
Given this program, the goal of the United States is very ambitious, since it hopes that all vehicles sold by 2030 will be zero emissions.
In order to achieve that goal, last year the United States approved a fund of 7.5 billion dollars to create new charging stations for electric vehicles throughout the country.
Continents such as Europe and Asia have been the first to use electric vehicles in the world, where according to figures from the study l Global EV Outlook carried out by IEAIn 2021, there were approximately 16.5 million such vehicles in use worldwide. The United States fell behind in the use of these cars, registering a share of pure electric vehicles of only 2.6 percentreveals an analysis of PwC Strategy&.
The disputes between Joe Biden and Elon Musk
Both characters have had strong public disputes, the most recent was at the beginning of June when the US President ironically addressed the CEO of SpaceX, insinuating that the US economy was about to enter a recession, which would prevent his space trip . “Good luck on your trip to the moon,” Joe Biden replied ironically when asked in an interview.
Musk has generated controversy on social networks and on that occasion he was not far behind: he responded on his Twitter account with a link to a 2021 NASA press release on SpaceX won. a $2.89 billion contract to send the next American astronauts to the moon.
In the list of rudeness that the Biden administration has generated with the also considered richest man in the world, stake when the White House refused to invite Musk to a summit of business leaders that included the heads of Tesla’s rivals such as Ford and General Motors.
“Companies like GM and Ford are building more electric vehicles here at home than ever before,” Biden said at the time.
When asked by the US media why Tesla was not included in that event, White House press secretary Jen Psaki he noted that the three companies present were “the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers.”
Recall that the Biden administration has been a big promoter of electric vehicles, where last year the president signed into law a bipartisan infrastructure bill that included $7.5 billion for new electric charging stations.
An industry in which Tesla owns a significant share of the current U.S. electric vehicle market, where the company delivered a record 936,172 electric cars in fiscal 2021, an increase of 87 percent compared to the previous year, according to data from the stock market report shared by Tesla.
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