Consumers can get the $7,500 federal rebate on any EV, no matter where its parts are made, if they lease, which auto dealers quite like.
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Posted inWorking in America
The Big Barrier to the UAW’s Non-Union Auto Plant Drive
It’s U.S. labor law, which allows companies to union-bust and endlessly delay consequences. Case in point: a Tesla worker illegally fired six years ago and still not back on the job.
Posted inTransportation
The Cybertruck Is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Elon Musk enters his Caligula era.
Posted inWorking in America
Tesla Faces Off Against Nordic Labor Solidarity
The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
Posted inCSS Test
TEST Electric Vehicles Labor Uphill
The UAW agreement with the Big Three builds a base of good jobs in EVs, and could help the entire transition. But interest rates are a huge impediment right now.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Electric Vehicles Labor Uphill
The UAW agreement with the Big Three builds a base of good jobs in EVs, and could help the entire transition. But interest rates are a huge impediment right now.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum
Better technology that helps America fight climate change? No thanks, say conservatives.
Posted inTAP
The UAW’s Amazing Win
Today on TAP: The Ford contract has broader implications for the labor movement and for working people.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Global Capitalists or National Champions?
As long as production is domestic, does it matter whether a company creating jobs for U.S. workers is American, German, or Japanese?
Posted inWorking in America
UAW Makes the Brave New Economy a Lot More Worker-Friendly
GM’s promise to cover its EV battery factories under the national master agreement gives workers a share of the gains from going electric.