Overview
- U.S. clean‑energy investment hit $75 billion in Q3, according to the Rhodium Group–MIT Clean Investment Monitor.
- Consumers spent about $31 billion on zero‑emission vehicles, a 32% jump from Q2 as buyers moved to secure incentives.
- Federal electric‑vehicle tax credits expired at the end of September, concentrating sales before the deadline.
- EV manufacturing investment fell roughly 30% year over year, an estimated $8 billion decline that points to industrial softness.
- Companies announced about $6 billion in new clean‑energy manufacturing projects while canceling roughly $2 billion, and credits for heat pumps and distributed power and storage are set to expire at year’s end.