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Biden’s $3.1 Billion Train Ticket to Nowhere

2Jan

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Health

Biden’s $3.1 Billion Train Ticket to Nowhere

It didn’t get a lot of attention, but last month the White House awarded $3.1 billion to the California High-Speed Rail project. This was supposed to be a bullet train connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles in less than three hours. Instead, its costs keep rising even as the state scales back the plan. Since 2008, when California voters authorized a $10 billion bond issue for the train, they’ve been sold a bill of goods.The original total estimated construction cost to taxpayers was $33 billion. That’s risen to at least $100 billion. The authority decided to offer service between San Francisco and Los Angeles in Phase I, then eventually extend the train service north to Sacramento and south to San Diego. Phase I was to have been completed by 2020. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company...

Western Anxiety About Chinese EVs Could Prove Self-Defeating

1Jan

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Western Anxiety About Chinese EVs Could Prove Self-Defeating

Updated Jan. 1, 2024 12:06 am ETChina hawks have the upper hand in the political battle over electric vehicles. They should be wary of overplaying it.The rules for getting a tax credit on EV purchases in the U.S. changed recently. One difference will help stimulate sales: The credit, worth up to $7,500, is now available at the point of sale rather than at the end of the tax year, meaning it can be used as part of a down payment. Other changes will have the opposite effect. Among new sourcing requirements designed to foster a North American supply chain, battery components manufactured in China, the world’s largest supplier, now make models ineligible.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

1Jan

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Western Anxiety About Chinese EVs Could Prove Self-Defeating

Updated Jan. 1, 2024 12:06 am ETChina hawks have the upper hand in the political battle over electric vehicles. They should be wary of overplaying it.The rules for getting a tax credit on EV purchases in the U.S. changed recently. One difference will help stimulate sales: The credit, worth up to $7,500, is now available at the point of sale rather than at the end of the tax year, meaning it can be used as part of a down payment. Other changes will have the opposite effect. Among new sourcing requirements designed to foster a North American supply chain, battery components manufactured in China, the world’s largest supplier, now make models ineligible.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Biden Pushes Strict Climate-Subsidy Rules Despite Energy Producers’ Warnings

22Dec

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Biden Pushes Strict Climate-Subsidy Rules Despite Energy Producers’ Warnings

Updated Dec. 22, 2023 10:17 am ETWASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Friday proposed tough new rules for a valuable climate subsidy, siding with environmental groups despite warnings from some of the nation’s biggest energy companies that strict limits could stifle a critical industry.The proposed criteria would determine who gets generous tax credits for producing hydrogen, one of the few viable replacements for fossil fuels in heavy industries such as steelmaking and shipping, where renewable electricity and batteries aren’t sufficient. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

In 2024, FASB to Nudge Forward Projects on Software, Compensation and Green Credits

22Dec

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In 2024, FASB to Nudge Forward Projects on Software, Compensation and Green Credits

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has a busy year ahead of it. It will be advancing projects in three tentpole areas—accounting for software costs and environmental credits and greater disclosure of income-statement expenses—aimed at providing investors with new financial insight, Chairman Rich Jones said in an interview. New rules, which can take years to come to fruition, can also saddle companies with a greater compliance burden. But in outlining his 2024 agenda, Jones said the accounting standard-setter for U.S. companies and nonprofits will again be asking investors and other stakeholders which issues to take up next.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider

11Dec

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North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ETHAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the U.S., one state caught its attention in particular: North Carolina. For years, officials there had been trying to get an automobile manufacturer to set up shop in rural Chatham County. More than a billion dollars of incentives got them the Vietnamese upstart with huge ambitions but a limited record.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Toshiba, Rohm to Invest $2.69 Billion to Make Power Devices in Boost to Japan Chip Industry

8Dec

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Toshiba, Rohm to Invest $2.69 Billion to Make Power Devices in Boost to Japan Chip Industry

Toshiba and electric-parts company Rohm will invest $2.69 billion in a venture to produce power devices, a move aligned with Tokyo’s drive to ensure a stable supply of semiconductors in Japan.The Japanese companies said Friday they will spend a combined 388.3 billion yen ($2.69 billion) to boost production capacity of silicon carbide and silicon power devices, components used for supplying and managing power in parts such as electric-vehicle powertrains.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Ford EV Battery Plant Rides Bumpy Road in This Michigan Town

2Dec

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Ford EV Battery Plant Rides Bumpy Road in This Michigan Town

MARSHALL, Mich.—Rick Sadler doesn’t like it when he looks across the North Branch of the Kalamazoo River and sees light towers and construction equipment on the site of a planned electric vehicle battery plant next to this small, south-central Michigan city. “We can hear them working six days a week, 6 in the morning sometimes,” said Sadler, who lives in a subdivision near the river and is among local residents who oppose the plant.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Biden’s EV Subsidy Rules Leave Room for Chinese Suppliers

1Dec

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Biden’s EV Subsidy Rules Leave Room for Chinese Suppliers

The Biden administration is moving to jolt the domestic electric-car industry out of its reliance on China. But much-awaited rules released Friday appear to leave some room for U.S. companies to work with Chinese partners.The new requirements will likely reduce the number of electric-vehicle models that consumers can buy and qualify for a $7,500 tax credit. How many vehicles are eligible will hinge on automakers’ ability to build cars that comply with the rules. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

U.S. Subsidies Fuel Boom in Global Auto Trade

19Nov

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U.S. Subsidies Fuel Boom in Global Auto Trade

SINGAPORE—Auto exports from Europe and Asia are surging as the U.S. and other countries lavish subsidies on electric vehicles and dealers replenish inventories that even now aren’t back to prepandemic levels. The boom in autos contrasts with broader weakness in exports as the global economy slows. The trend offers a glimpse of how the West’s embrace of industrial policies aimed at stimulating domestic manufacturing and reducing the use of fossil fuels is causing wrinkles in patterns of world trade. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8