It's Law Now - This Is The Most Destructive Bill In History (And What It Means For EV Fans)

We're back from our week-long break - and while we were gone, HR.1 - aka the "One Big Beautiful Bill" passed both houses and was signed into law. While much of what we feared would be in it was taken out at the last minute, there's still massive implications for people hoping for a cleaner, greener, safer, smarter and more equitable future for transportation and energy. Here's what was left in - how it impacts clean energy and EVs - and what you can do about it. Editorial Note: There are a few audio artifacts in this video - we're not sure where they came from, but we'll hope they don'e reappear in the future. --- 00:00 - Introduction 02:25 - A *Lot* has happened while we were away. 03:43 - Everything that's being removed: A list 07:19 - Attempts to recover unallocated funds... 08:22 - More removed funds 11:28 - There are fewer than 85 days left... 13:02 - Carvouts for lobbyists... 14:29 - Improving your home versus building a new home 15:27 - No exemption for lower-volume EVs 16:32 - Editing Note! 18:37 - EV tax never made it into the bill 20:35 - However... it's likely to come later on 21:55 - A very lengthy foreign national rider on Nuclear 25:17 - What can YOU do? 29:09 - Thanks, and goodbye! ---- Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Camera, Editor, Colorist: Vi Horton Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music supplied through Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2025 ----- Links: See the bill for yourself at https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1 PLEASE help support the channel (if you are going to use Amazon) by using our Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm As amazon affiliates, we will earn money from qualifying purchases made using this code. ----- Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: transport_evolved_main@peertube.tv Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262