The Senate voted on Thursday to ax California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars, making a controversial move to sidestep the parliamentarian in the process. The vote was 51-44, and the measure

The House reconciliation bill and the Senate’s vote to overturn California’s phase-out of gas-powered cars whipsawed the industry that relies on federal

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has passed the House of Representatives by a 214-213 vote early Thursday morning. It now goes on to the Senate. Among a slew of other provisions, the bill moves the expiration date of EV tax credits from December 31, 2032, to December 31, 2025.

One day after the U.S. Senate blocked California's plan to phase out gas-powered cars by 2035, Massachusetts is pausing enforcement of its own electric vehicle requirements, which were supposed to start next year.

The Republican message was crystal clear. The Senate voted to kill the waiver that California relied on to require a giant ramp-up of EV sales. Meanwhile, the House passed a budget reconciliation bill that would methodically destroy the incentives that the Biden administration had used to support EVs, as I wrote today.