https://www.scmp.com/rss/503078/feed Yunshi Wang is director of China Centre for Energy and Transportation at University of California, Davis and a co-director at the US-China-the-Netherlands Zero Emission Vehicle Policy Lab. He advises California government agencies on global ZEV policies. He has been a naturalised US citizen for 22 years and a proud Californian for 16 years. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Last year, President Joe Biden set a goal for the United States’ transition to electric vehicles, while executives from carmakers General Motors and Ford joined him at the White House. Just last month, he met them at the White House again. Elon Musk, chief executive of electric carmaker Tesla and the only industrialist among Forbes’ 15 richest Americans, has never been invited. Instead, under his Build Back Better plan, Biden proposed additional incentives for consumers to purchase electric... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3168170/joe-biden-cannot-ignore-tesla-and-elon-musk-if-he-serious-about?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3168170/joe-biden-cannot-ignore-tesla-and-elon-musk-if-he-serious-about?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:30:19 +0000 The Trump administration’s recent assault on California’s clean vehicle policies will not only hurt residents of the state, but in the long run will crush the competitiveness of American car companies. The myth that California’s stringent vehicle emissions requirements have hurt United States’ carmakers is simply not true. The state’s 1990 Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate and other policies have created fertile ground for start-ups with bold ideas to try, succeed and excel in markets around the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3041700/trump-wrong-californias-clean-vehicle-policies-can-make-america?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3041700/trump-wrong-californias-clean-vehicle-policies-can-make-america?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:00:06 +0000