Just to start out: the federal EV tax credit is still alive and kicking. It was not eliminated by the stroke of Donald Trump’s pen because it can’t be. The tax credit — $7,500 for a new EV, $4,500 for a used one — was passed by Congress as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, and it would take another act of Congress to do away with it.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2021 executive order by his successor, Joe Biden, which aimed for electric vehicles (EVs) to account for half of all new car sales by 2030. While Bidens target