California Won’t Replace Expiring $7,500 Federal EV Tax Credit

California will not backfill a $7,500 federal tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles that is set to expire this month, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday, reversing an earlier pledge to restart the state’s own EV subsidies.

“We can’t make up for federal vandalism of those tax credits,” Newsom said during a press conference in San Francisco. The state will support expanding EV infrastructure, but “not the direct subsidies that we cannot make up for,” the Democrat said.

President Donald Trump campaigned on rolling back many of former President Joe Biden’s EV-friendly policies. Congress followed through in the ...