Month: January 2025

California’s air pollution waiver and the EV mandate are banned by Trump

Among the new president’s many executive orders were attacks on clean vehicle policies.

US President Donald Trump swore his oath of office on Monday, ascending yet again to the head of the federal government. As widely expected, he signed a swath of executive orders on his first day, many aimed at upending existing policies and satisfying grievances, whether that's pulling the country out of membership of the World Health Organization or reversing the nation's clean vehicle policies.

The Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 were signature pieces of former President Joe Biden's term of office. Among other things, the two bills contained many provisions meant to boost US competitiveness in EV manufacturing and build out publicly funded charging infrastructure.

Specifically, the IIJA included $7.5 billion in funding for charging infrastructure. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure programs were modeled on federal highway funding programs, where the funds are disbursed to state departments of transportation, which then award the money to successful applications. NEVI was meant to create corridors of fast chargers along federal highways, and CFI to build out charging infrastructure in underserved areas.

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Doge-Abteilung gegründet: So soll Musk die US-Verwaltung modernisieren

Musks neue Behörde soll Technik und Software der US-Regierung verbessern. Trump benennt dazu einen bestehenden Dienst um und schreibt Doge-Teams vor. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elon Musk, Elektroauto)

Musks neue Behörde soll Technik und Software der US-Regierung verbessern. Trump benennt dazu einen bestehenden Dienst um und schreibt Doge-Teams vor. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elon Musk, Elektroauto)

Doge-Abteilung gegründet: So soll Musk die US-Verwaltung modernisieren

Musks neue Behörde soll Technik und Software der US-Regierung verbessern. Trump benennt dazu einen bestehenden Dienst um und schreibt Doge-Teams vor. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elon Musk, Elektroauto)

Musks neue Behörde soll Technik und Software der US-Regierung verbessern. Trump benennt dazu einen bestehenden Dienst um und schreibt Doge-Teams vor. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elon Musk, Elektroauto)

Liberux NEXX is a Linux smartphone with a RK3588S chip, 32GB RAM, and a 5G modem (crowdfunding)

Google’s Android may be the world’s most widely used operating system, while Apple has shipped billions of iOS and iPadOS devices since 2007. But a relatively small group of developers and enthusiasts have been working to make mobile Linux …

Google’s Android may be the world’s most widely used operating system, while Apple has shipped billions of iOS and iPadOS devices since 2007. But a relatively small group of developers and enthusiasts have been working to make mobile Linux into a viable alternative. There are a handful of phones that are designed to support operating […]

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Server verschlüsselt: Cyberangriff trifft zahlreiche Schulen in Rheinland-Pfalz

Der Angriff soll Auswirkungen auf insgesamt 45 Schulen haben. Hacker haben Systeme eines IT-Dienstleisters infiltriert und Ransomware eingeschleust. (Cybercrime, Verschlüsselung)

Der Angriff soll Auswirkungen auf insgesamt 45 Schulen haben. Hacker haben Systeme eines IT-Dienstleisters infiltriert und Ransomware eingeschleust. (Cybercrime, Verschlüsselung)