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Porsche on Thursday announced an agreement in the U.S. with ChargePoint to include the network’s chargers in its My Porsche app starting in Q4 of this year. 

With the app and its coordinated Porsche Charging Service, the arrangement will bring the total number of supported chargers to more than 86,000, according to Porsche. That aggregated total includes both the CCS DC fast chargers that you might make part of a highway road trip, and the J1772 AC chargers, otherwise referred to as destination charging or Level 2—or, simply, the type owners are likely to install at home. 

At these public chargers, Porsche drivers won’t need to worry about individual payment details. That will be handled through a single account—an arrangement that’s becoming increasingly common among brands to support ease of ownership.

According to the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, ChargePoint includes a total of 62,536 chargers across 34,569 locations. That breaks out to 2,783 locations with DC fast charging and 31,789 with destination charging. 

Porsche Macan EV at ChargePoint charger

Porsche Cars North America president and CEO Timo Resch called the move to include ChargePoint “well-timed as we look forward to the arrival of both the new Taycan arriving at Porsche Centers this summer but also the all-new Macan Electric later this year.”

Indeed, a refreshed 2025 Porsche Taycan delivers more range while keeping its 10-80% charging stops under 20 minutes, in some cases, with access to a 350-kw CCS connector. And the Macan electric SUV builds on that 800-volt charging tech, with an entry price of $80,450.

2024 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach package

Porsche, as part of the Volkswagen Group, announced in December that it would implement the Tesla-based NACS standard in future products for North America starting in 2025. 

Porsche reiterated with Thursday’s announcement that it’s also still “exploring adapter solutions for existing vehicles to access the Tesla Supercharger network, starting in the first half of 2025.” It’s easy to understand how this isn’t particularly high-priority for Porsche; as Green Car Reports has underscored before, Taycan drivers likely won’t see peak charge rates on Tesla Supercharger V3 hardware, while the latest V4 hardware set for higher-voltage charging has been very slow to roll out.

The majority of EV purchasers eligible for a federal tax credit have gotten the credit as a point-of-sale rebate since that option was added at the beginning of the year, The Treasury Department said in a press release.

As part of a revamp of the federal EV credit enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), credits of up to $7,500 for new EVs and up to $4,000 for used EVs became available at the point of sale through dealerships January 1.

2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash

Since, then the Treasury Department claims to have issued more than 150,000 tax credits—125,000 of which were for new-vehicle purchases—equivalent to more than $1 billion in financial benefits. More than 90% of new-vehicle credits and approximately 80% of used-vehicle credits were issued as point-of-sale rebates, according to the Treasury Department.

Those take rates are impressive considering that not all eligible dealerships were registered with the IRS and ready to offer point-of-sale rebates at the beginning of the year, when the new policy took effect. The figures quoted by the Treasury Department indicate that most dealerships—or at least the ones that sell the most EVs—have since gotten onboard.

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS

Allowing eligible EV buyers to collect the credit at the point of sale, rather than receiving it when they do their taxes, could enhance the effectiveness of the incentive. Buyers like the idea of a point-of-sale rebate so much that they would have settled for less money up front, a George Washington University study published in 2022 found.

Point-of-sale rebates aren’t limited to franchised dealerships, either. The tax credit can be claimed on Teslas at the time of purchase via its company-owned direct sales apparatus.

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Just after Tesla Supercharging plans stalled, Ionna is rising. That’s the EV fast-charging network funded by seven automakers, and it anticipates opening its first U.S. charging stations in 2024, with eventual plans for 20,000 high-power urban and highway-adjacent fast-charging connectors. Ionna says it will support both the Tesla-derived NACS interface its funding automakers will soon adopt, as well as the CCS interface that most EVs are currently being delivered with.

And the Nissan Leaf has once again lost its $3,750 EV tax credit. While 2024 Nissan Leaf models at the dealership qualify for it, the 2025 Nissan Leaf that’s essentially carried over unchanged at face value does not. In what’s become a rollercoaster ride of eligibility, it’s not the only time this has happened, and Nissan says it’s working with its supplier AESC to recover the incentive on one of the market’s most affordable EVs.

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The 2025 Nissan Leaf carries over but loses its eligibility for the federal EV tax credit this model year.

The Leaf’s rollercoaster ride with eligibility began from the day new regulations were phased in last August. The 2024 Leaf became eligible for a $3,750 credit in October. Then at the start of the year the Leaf fell back out of eligibility until it met the “battery content” requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) but not the “battery materials” portion. Nissan then said in March that 2024 models were still eligible for the $3,750 credit, but that doesn’t appear to apply to 2025 models.

2025 Nissan Leaf

Like the 2024 model, the 2025 Leaf is available only in 40-kwh S and 60-kwh SV Plus configurations, with 149 miles and 212 miles of range, respectively. For 2025, pricing starts at $29,180 for the Leaf S and $37,330 for the Leaf SV Plus with destination. That’s compared to 2024-model-year prices of $29,235 and $37,285 for the S and SV Plus, respectively.

All Leaf models are front-wheel drive, but the Leaf S is tuned for 147 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque, while the SV Plus gets a higher output of 214 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque.

“We will continue to work closely with our supply chain to regain eligibility for the 30D Tax Credit in the future for 2025 Leaf,” replied Nissan North America spokesperson Jeff Wandell to Green Car Reports. The battery supplier remains AESC, which has over many years assembled Leaf packs adjacent to the EV’s assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee.

2025 Nissan Leaf

Nissan hasn’t significantly updated the Leaf in several years. It remains the only new EV with CHAdeMO fast-charging. The Leaf’s last noteworthy change was for 2023, when it received battery chemistry changes, which enabled Nissan to trim the Plus pack to 60 kwh from the previous 62 kwh while increasing efficiency. The Leaf saw an extensive redesign for the 2018 model year.

This may be the last model year for this generation of the Leaf in the U.S. It’s already been phased out for the U.K. and Europe, and a next-generation Nissan Leaf that becomes slightly more crossover-influenced is set to arrive for the 2027 model year.