"The electric-vehicle tax credit might be dead, but some U.S. automakers had a plan to keep it alive. Well, had. Just before it expired, General Motors announced that it managed to find a clever way to preserve the discounts to customers who lease EVs after Sept. 30: Put the cars into service by making a down payment to the dealerships themselves. But it turns out some of America's elected officials don't take too kindly to workarounds, so now that plan is off the table."
"The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center (REVC) will idle F-150 Lightning production for at least a week, according to a memo sent to workers shared with Reuters. And while demand for electric vehicles is expected to drop this week, it's not the reason Ford is scaling back production. A late-night fire tore through part of the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, last month."
An electric-vehicle tax credit expired and General Motors attempted a lease workaround by making down payments to dealers to put leased cars into service and preserve discounts for post-Sept. 30 leases. Elected officials opposed the workaround and the plan was halted. Ford will idle F-150 Lightning production for at least a week at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center due to a late-night fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York. Extensive plant damage is expected to leave much of the facility offline into 2026, creating a supply crunch that forces automakers to prioritize high-margin models and cut EV output. Federal authorities have threatened to withdraw more than $1 billion in EV manufacturing grants from General Motors and Stellantis.
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