California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a new point-of-sale rebate program for electric vehicle (EV) drivers in an effort to maintain the state’s clean transportation momentum. Newsom’s proposal seeks to backfill federal EV tax credits of up to $7,500 that the Trump administration canceled last year, a shift the governor said amounted to “turning back on a clean transportation future” by slowing EV adoption and threatening California’s climate goals. California’s $348.9 billion state