Newsom Says California Will Offer EV Tax Rebates If Trump Ends Federal Incentives

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the state could create new rebates for zero-emission vehicles if President-elect Donald Trump scraps federal tax credit for electric vehicle (EV) purchases. Newsom said he would propose creating a new version of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program if the incoming Trump administration repeals the EV tax credit program rolled out under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). “Consumers continue to prove the skeptics wrong—zero-emission vehicles are here to stay,” the Democratic governor said in a statement. The previous California rebate program, launched in 2010, had funded more than 594,000 vehicles and saved more than 456 million gallons of fuel until it was phased out last year, according to his office....