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§13285 Reports to Congress

Title 42 › CHAPTER 134 — ENERGY POLICY › SUBCHAPTER IV — ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES › Part A — Electric Motor Vehicle Commercial Demonstration Program › § 13285

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a yearly report on how demonstration projects under this part are helping speed up the development and use of electric vehicles. Within 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary must give Congress a report on ways to encourage people to buy and use electric vehicles. That report must look at buying and upkeep costs (including battery purchase and replacement), find ways to lower, subsidize, or share those costs, and recommend new laws and government actions to promote purchases.

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Title 42, §13285

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(a)Progress reports

The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the progress being made, through demonstration projects supported under this part, to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles.

(b)Report on encouraging purchase and use of electric motor vehicles

Within 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on methods for encouraging the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles. Such report shall—

(1)address the potential cost of purchasing and maintaining electric motor vehicles, including the initial cost of the batteries and the cost of replacement batteries;

(2)identify methods for reducing, subsidizing, or sharing such costs; and

(3)include recommendations for legislative and administrative measures to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles.

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42 U.S.C. § 13285

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110