Policy and regulations tracks the rules shaping clean transport and energy: emissions standards, EV incentives and phase-out dates, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, aviation and shipping decarbonisation mandates, and grid and charging regulation. Each explainer covers what the rule requires, who it affects, timelines and enforcement. Start with EV tax credits and incentives, SAF mandates and EU ETS for aviation.
A free calculator plus the arithmetic most payback tools get wrong: they assume you charge 100% in public today, and they still subtract a federal credit that expired on 30 June 2026.
None of the three biggest US fast-charging networks publishes a national idle fee. What Tesla, Electrify America and EVgo actually say, and the fixed session fees that cost small-top-up drivers far more.
With the federal 30C credit gone, utility rebates are the money left. We checked two widely repeated figures against the utilities own pages — both were wrong.
The car loan interest deduction turns on assembly location, not the badge. How to check your own VIN properly — and why the first digit is not the test.
Your lender sends Form 1098-VLI when you paid $600 or more of car loan interest. Here is what each box means, why box 1 is smaller than you expect, and why no form arrived for 2025.
The federal EV purchase credit ended in September 2025 and the charger credit in June 2026. State rebates, utility programmes and sales tax exemptions are what is left — with verified 2026 figures for Colorado, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Last updated: September 5, 2026. Quick answer: Chinese electric cars now dominate the global market — Chinese makers supplied about 60% of all EVs sold…
The EU ETS aviation rules are the world’s toughest carbon pricing regime for flying — and 2026 is the year they start to bite in…
A SAF mandate is a legal obligation on jet fuel suppliers to blend a minimum share of sustainable aviation fuel into the fuel they sell….
CORSIA — the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation — is the world’s first global market-based climate scheme for a single industry. Run…