As the Trump administration phased out the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles last week, one Vermont city launched a countermeasure.
Burlington declared it would more than double its rebate, to $5,000, for a new EV.
“We are prepared to continue leading on clean energy and electrification efforts,” Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said at the time.
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It was part of a small but potentially significant shift among state and local governments seeking to pick up the baton after the Trump administration and congressional Republicans cut short the Biden-era tax credit for new electric vehicles.
