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Why are rural, low-income residents subsidizing Teslas for Oregon’s urban elite?

Oregon state officials recently celebrated helping the state reach 25,000 registered electric vehicles (EVs) through local incentives and the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program. This celebration, however, is a punch in the gut to the state’s low-income and rural residents whose taxes fund the rebates and incentives used to purchase the EVs by predominantly wealthy and […]
Written by Rachel Dawson January 21, 2020January 21, 2020

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