Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit. So that's what it takes.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 93

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit. So that's what it takes.

Electric Vehicles 91

Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 91

EV Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act includes nearly unlimited funding for a $7500 EV tax credit on new EVs through 2032. In the long term, the Inflation Reduction Act promises to accelerate electric car affordability for millions of Americans, the next couple of years are going to be a challenge. 2022 EV Tax Credits.

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Tax Credit Tax Personal PHEV 64

Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Buy GM Range Purchase 88

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.)

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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Tax Credit Tax F-150 PHEV 116

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break. We are addicted to the gasoline tax both at the State and Federal level.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41