Washington — The EV tax credit dies today. But its story doesn't necessarily end here.

The $7,500 federal incentive, which had two main iterations over an almost 17-year run, was designed to encourage the production and purchase of electric vehicles in the United States. It expires after the calendar flips past Tuesday thanks to legislation enacted this year by GOP lawmakers and President Donald Trump.

"You were a good patriot, and you lived a tragically short life," Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who leads an effort to make EVs less political, said of the program. "I'd say goodbye to you in Chinese if I could."

The tax credit was popular and significant in more ways than one. It has been widely adopted to bring down price tags for new and used EVs, and it has been widely deb

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