Z Fold 3 und Flip 3 im Hands on: Samsung dichtet seine Falt-Phones ab und senkt die Preise

Samsungs neue Galaxy Z Fold 3 und Galaxy Z Flip 3 überstehen ein Bad im Wasser und sind gut verarbeitet – die Unter-Display-Kamera des Fold 3 ist allerdings ein Flop. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (Samsung, Gorilla-Glas)

Samsungs neue Galaxy Z Fold 3 und Galaxy Z Flip 3 überstehen ein Bad im Wasser und sind gut verarbeitet - die Unter-Display-Kamera des Fold 3 ist allerdings ein Flop. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (Samsung, Gorilla-Glas)

No EV tax credit if you earn more than $100,000, says US Senate

The amendment would also limit the tax credit to EVs that cost less than $40,000.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) departs the US Capitol at dawn after an overnight session of the US Senate on August 11, 2021, in Washington, DC. Sen. Kelly was one of three Democratic Senators who voted to gut the plug-in vehicle tax credit.

Enlarge / Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) departs the US Capitol at dawn after an overnight session of the US Senate on August 11, 2021, in Washington, DC. Sen. Kelly was one of three Democratic Senators who voted to gut the plug-in vehicle tax credit. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

On Tuesday night, the US Senate passed an amendment that would limit the plug-in vehicle federal tax credit. Currently, tax payers are eligible for a tax credit of up to $7,500 based on the size of the vehicle's battery for the first 200,000 plug-in vehicles from a given automaker. But Republican Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska introduced a non-binding amendment to the $3.5 trillion budget bill that would means-test this tax credit, restricting it to tax payers with incomes below $100,000.

Perhaps more significantly, Sen. Fischer's amendment also restricts the tax credit to EVs that cost less than $40,000. Consequently, the only battery EVs that will still be eligible for the tax credit will be the Hyundai Ioniq Electric ($34,250), Hyundai Kona EV ($38,565), Mini Cooper SE ($30,750), and the Nissan Leaf S Plus ($39,220). Chevrolet's Bolt EV and Bolt EUV are both below the price threshold, but in 2019 the automaker sold its 200,000th plug-in vehicle, at which point the tax credit began to phase out.

The amendment passed, 51-48. Senator Fischer took to Twitter to say that "everyday Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the sharp rise in costs due to #Bideninflation. We shouldn't be subsidizing luxury vehicles for the rich using money from hard-working taxpayers." (Inflation is mostly being driven by high prices for used cars, which in turn is a result of the chip shortage.)

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Selbst wenn nach dem Ransomware-Angriff auf den Landkreis weitere Daten veröffentlicht werden sollten, will Anhalt-Bitterfeld weiter kein Lösegeld zahlen. (Ransomware, Server)

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Mony Mint is a cheap Android smartphone with a 3 inch display (crowdfunding)

At a time when smartphone screens are getting so big that it’s hard to figure out where phones end and tablets begin, a Chinese company called Money is moving in the other direction and launching what it calls the smallest 4G smartphone in the w…

At a time when smartphone screens are getting so big that it’s hard to figure out where phones end and tablets begin, a Chinese company called Money is moving in the other direction and launching what it calls the smallest 4G smartphone in the world. The Mony Mint is also a pretty inexpensive phone. It’s expected […]

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