It looks like the Tories are trying to take down certain salary sacrifice schemes as part of a set of wholesale tax changes that could have a signific. Tax Salary sacrifice cars Leasing MORE
As 2017 looms ever closer, many motorists may be concerned about the incoming changes to road tax bands and how it will affect their pockets. Environment Road tax TaxSet i. MORE
That''s because road maintenance is heavily reliant on revenue from gas taxes, and that revenue is shrinking as cars use less fuel--and those that run on grid electricity use none. Green Gas Tax Infrastructure Oregon plug-in cars state laws taxes As cars get more efficient, their owners spend less money on fuel. That''s good for their wallets and for the environment, but not so good for the nation''s infrastructure. MORE
The Obama Administration says the the $10/barrel tax raises the funding necessary to make these new investments, while also providing for the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. President Obama has laid out a plan for building a “21st Century Clean Transportation System”, the investment for which would be funded by a new $10 per barrel fee on oil paid by oil companies, which would be gradually phased in over five years. MORE
That's because Tesla is pushing closer to the 200,000-unit cap that triggers a phase-out of the $7,500 Federal tax credit for electric cars. Tesla's success so far in selling its Model S and Model X electric cars—and attracting reservations for the Model 3—is good news for the company, but not necessarily for Model 3 customers. incentives plug-in cars Tesla Model 3 MORE
Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iM compact hatchback, Mercedes-Benz hints at a Tesla-rivaling electric car, and a new study finds that the majority of electric-car tax credits go to higher-income households. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Tesla Roadster 3.0 battery upgrade will cost $29,000, and provide up to 330 miles of range, the. Today in Car News MORE
The Peach State previously had one of the most generous incentive programs for new electric-car purchases, offering up to $5,000 in income-tax credits to electric-car buyers. Electric-car buyers in Georgia have seen their prospects change dramatically over the past few months. But earlier this year, legislators killed that incentive program. DON'T. sales incentives Georgia plug-in cars state laws transportation policy MORE
Politics incentives tax credit taxes plug-in cars Charging station EVSE Donald TrumpWith any new presidential administration comes a certain degree of legislative uncertainty. Conflicting statements on many issues by president-elect Donald Trump have produced more questions than usual about what policies he and his administration may pursue. But for present and future electric-car owners considering the purchase of a home. MORE
The fees are typically meant as a substitute for the gasoline taxes that, because they don't buy gas, electric-car owners don't pay. government taxes Gas Tax plug-in cars state laws transportation policySeveral different states have continued to propose new fees for electric-car owners as a way to pay for road repairs. Advocates have criticized these fees, saying they effectively penalize drivers for reducing. MORE
A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Average credit per tax return, by income level. MORE
The electric-car market may be in for a serious downturn when current federal tax incentives end, assuming the Trump administration declines to extend them, according to a new analysis. In 2010, the government began offering tax credits of $2,500 to $7,500 to the first 200,000 U.S. incentives tax credit plug-in cars MORE
The American Petroleum Institute has released its January 2014 update report and maps on gasoline and diesel taxes for all 50 states in the US along with a national average; the information is updated quarterly. Gasoline taxes, January 2014. Diesel taxes, January 2014. MORE
Today we learn just how much torque the Tesla Model S P85D electric car produces, survey the ongoing fight over Georgia''s electric-car tax credit, and consider what the renewal of the CrossVolt trademark means for Chevy''s future electric-car lineup. MORE
Michigan is now adding fees for electric cars, as well as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, because they don't burn enough gasoline to generate the same state tax revenue as other vehicles. Politics taxes Gas Tax registration plug-in cars Indiana state lawsIndiana may soon follow Michigan in implementing fees for electric cars, with the stated goal of helping to pay for road repairs. MORE
As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Green Georgia Manufacturing Politics incentives plug-in cars state laws tax credit It hasn''t been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping budgetary hole, and Texas may do the same. DON''T. MORE
State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. Green Georgia Illinois Texas incentives plug-in cars rebates state laws tax credit But they don''t last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off its program as well. Then there''s Texas, where a. MORE
The UK has been named as one of the best for driving sustainable changes by adapting tax regimes, according to a new survey by KPMG. We join the US, Japan, France, South Korea and China as some of the best countries for encouraging environmentally-considerate behaviours through taxes. MORE
By now, pretty much anyone who''s thinking of buying a plug-in electric car knows the Federal government offers an income-tax credit to help reduce the effective cost. But are shoppers who wait too long in danger of losing out on these credits? The short answer is no. Or at least, not if they buy within the next two or three years. Unlike a MORE
Japan has extended its tax breaks for ‘green cars’ until 2015, in a effort to support its struggling domestic car industry. Green credentials break emissions green car japan low emission taxFuel-efficient and low emission cars, including many hybrid and electric cars will now benefit from the continuation of customer incentives now extended for another three years, having previously been scheduled to end next April. [.]. MORE
That''s due to a $5,000 Georgia state tax credit for the purchase of a battery-electric vehicle, which can be used to cut state income-tax liability over one, two, or three years. Over the last two years, the metropolitan Atlanta area has become one of the single best sales regions for the Nissan Leaf electric car. MORE
Manufacturing government incentives jobs tax credit plug-in cars nevada gigafactory Faraday FutureThe state of Nevada has been fairly generous to startup electric-car makers that pledge to establish manufacturing operations within its borders. After offering a generous incentive package several years ago, the Silver State landed Tesla's lithium-ion battery "Gigafactory," which is now up and running just outside Reno. Then it lured the. MORE
political landscape: You just can't come out and advocate for higher taxes. DON'T MISS: Low Gas Price An Opportunity For Higher Gas Tax? Politics CAFE Fuel Economy taxes Gas Tax transportation policy Corporate Average Fuel EconomyIt's now a widely-accepted tenet of today's U.S. For any purpose, under any circumstances, no matter what the end purposes. Any politician who does so will be punished by voters. Not A Chance Two recent articles. MORE
Buyers of various Volkswagen TDI diesel vehicles took about $50 million in Federal income-tax credits in 2009 for the purchase of their supposedly green car. emissions EPA TDI incentives CAFE tax credit regulation Corporate Average Fuel EconomyWith Michael Horn, CEO of VW Group of America, testifying to Congress today, those credits--and whether the Federal government should be reimbursed for them, and by whom--are likely to. MORE
It included the renewal of a home-refueling tax credit that covers electric-car charging stations, a provision for installing charging stations at government facilities, and other relevant items. zero emissions hydrogen incentives tax credit hydrogen fuel cell transportation policyThe recently-passed Congressional transportation-funding bill contained many positives for electric-car advocates. MORE
Such a "carbon tax" is enthusiastically supported by many advocates of greater action on climate change—including Tesla CEO Elon Musk—as an effective way to reduce emissions by putting an economic cost on them. Carbon Footprint emissions global warming energy policy climate change taxes carbon dioxide electric utilitiesOne new policy measure that could get companies to cut their carbon emissions is to put a price on those emissions. MORE
First, raising taxes--in any way, for any purpose, under any circumstances--is virtually impossible. Highway Trust Fund is broke, because the Federal gasoline tax hasn''t been raised in two decades and continually improving fuel economy means Two facts sit in opposition to each other in Washington, D.C., and have for many years. Second, the U.S. MORE
California Gas Tax state laws transportation policyLast week, the California state legislature approved a $52 billion transportation-funding package. Unlike the practice in previous years, this one is to be used only for improvements to the transportation infrastructure, to begin cutting into an estimated $ 130 billion backlog of repairs and expansions. As a result of the new bill, owners of. MORE
A bill passed by the California State Senate two days ago allows out-of-state car buyers to take delivery of their electric cars in California without paying any sales tax. Politics sales dealers California Fremont tax Tesla Motors plug-in cars state lawsWell, this might upset a few martini glasses at National Automobile Dealers Association social events. MORE
Aside from the Federal income-tax credits available nationally, the state of California has its own purchase rebates. rebates California incentives tax credit plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) state lawsThe state of California has a long track record of supporting electric cars and doing everything possible to ensure plug-in vehicles can be obtained by the largest number of drivers. MORE
Critics of electric cars often use the argument that, because electric-car drivers don't pay gas taxes, they don't contribute their fair share of road-maintenance costs. But state gas-tax revenue don't necessarily go toward funding infrastructure, or at least not all of it. Infrastructure Gas Tax transportation policy New Jersey MORE
Taxes are rarely popular, but if they''re to be accepted by the populace the bare minimum they have to do is make sense. Virginia''s annual tax on hybrid vehicles did not make sense. Proposed and enacted early last year, the tax added a fixed yearly sum to the cost of running a hybrid vehicle, in an effort to make up a gas tax shortfall. MORE
Several states have adopted or proposed special taxes and fees for electric-car drivers. which are supposed to make up for lost revenue from taxes on the fuel their drivers don''t buy. Electric-car advocates typically view these policies as discriminatory, and claim they work against efforts to get more people into plug-ins. MORE: Washington MORE
A major contributor to electric-car sales is the program under which buyers of new electric cars qualify for a federal income-tax credit of up to $7,500. But these tax credits are not unlimited. General Motors incentives Tesla Motors tax credit plug-in cars Tesla Model 3Once a manufacturer reaches sales of 200,000 plug-in electric cars (after December 31, 2009), the credits start to phase out for that company's cars. MORE
Eleven states currently assess fees on electric vehicle owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes, according to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). MORE
US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced new legislation ( S.3450 ) to allow employers to give workers with electric cars access to the same pre-tax transportation benefits many workers receive for traditional forms of transportation like public transportation allowances, parking fees, and public transit passes. Employers would be able to give up to $250 per month in electric charging benefits without employees being taxed, making their benefit packages more competitive. MORE
More specifically, at least, you''ll have to get it up and running by December 31 this year in order to take advantage of a Federal income-tax credit of 30 percent of the cost of purchase and installation. Consider this your last warning: If you''re planning on getting a charging station for a plug-in electric car, you only have 30 days. MORE
A businessman and electric-car fan who imported a Tesla Model S into Singapore has had to pay an additional emission tax on the zero-emission luxury car. While the Tesla runs solely on batteries and has no tailpipe from which to emit anything, the island state levied the tax to reflect the annual carbon-dioxide emissions of the electricity used to. Carbon Footprint emissions tax Tesla Motors electric utilities plug-in cars Singapore MORE
Fuel taxes in the United States in 2015 accounted for 19% of the price of a gallon of gasoline, down from just under 30% in 1990, according to figures compiled by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Japan’s gasoline taxes were nearly half of the price in those years. MORE
After a slow start, electric cars could take another step forward in China as the country decides to waive its 10 percent purchase tax on the vehicles. It''s the latest effort by the country''s policymakers to address China''s pollution and energy independence issues. Electric car sales have been abysmal in China while those in the U.S, Europe and MORE
Remember the gas-guzzler tax allowance, nicknamed the "HUMMER deduction" because it allowed small-business owners to buy massive, heavy, fuel-sucking SUVs and deduct a large piece of the cost from their taxes? But the Section 179 tax credit has. tax incentives Tesla Motors plug-in cars MORE
Michigan taxes Gas Tax registration state lawsThe state of Michigan, to help pay for road repairs, decided more than a year ago to hit owners of hybrids and electric cars with additional fees starting this January 1—on top of higher registration rates for all cars. The new fees have been added to the registration bills for hybrids, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric cars because they. MORE
When it comes to encouraging electric-car adoption, tax credits and other financial incentives are an important tool. California incentives tax credit plug-in cars transportation policyThey can help erase the typical price premium of electric cars over comparable internal-combustion models. But as greater amounts of money are given to electric-car buyers, there has been considerable debate over whether the. MORE
The California Legislature is considering a bill that would cut the sales tax on green cars in the state by more than half. It calls for reducing the sales tax on battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to 3.06 percent, compared to the current 7.5 percent. ALSO SEE: Six California Electric-Car Bills Signed By MORE
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It included the renewal of a home-refueling tax credit that covers electric-car charging stations, a provision for installing charging stations at government facilities, and other relevant items. zero emissions hydrogen incentives tax credit hydrogen fuel cell transportation policyThe recently-passed Congressional transportation-funding bill contained many positives for electric-car advocates.
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That''s because road maintenance is heavily reliant on revenue from gas taxes, and that revenue is shrinking as cars use less fuel--and those that run on grid electricity use none. Green Gas Tax Infrastructure Oregon plug-in cars state laws taxes As cars get more efficient, their owners spend less money on fuel. That''s good for their wallets and for the environment, but not so good for the nation''s infrastructure.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 10, 2015
Remember the gas-guzzler tax allowance, nicknamed the "HUMMER deduction" because it allowed small-business owners to buy massive, heavy, fuel-sucking SUVs and deduct a large piece of the cost from their taxes? But the Section 179 tax credit has. tax incentives Tesla Motors plug-in cars
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JANUARY 29, 2016
A bill passed by the California State Senate two days ago allows out-of-state car buyers to take delivery of their electric cars in California without paying any sales tax. Politics sales dealers California Fremont tax Tesla Motors plug-in cars state lawsWell, this might upset a few martini glasses at National Automobile Dealers Association social events.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
When it comes to encouraging electric-car adoption, tax credits and other financial incentives are an important tool. California incentives tax credit plug-in cars transportation policyThey can help erase the typical price premium of electric cars over comparable internal-combustion models. But as greater amounts of money are given to electric-car buyers, there has been considerable debate over whether the.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 6, 2015
As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Green Georgia Manufacturing Politics incentives plug-in cars state laws tax credit It hasn''t been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping budgetary hole, and Texas may do the same. DON''T.
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The electric-car market may be in for a serious downturn when current federal tax incentives end, assuming the Trump administration declines to extend them, according to a new analysis. In 2010, the government began offering tax credits of $2,500 to $7,500 to the first 200,000 U.S. incentives tax credit plug-in cars
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AUGUST 11, 2016
It looks like the Tories are trying to take down certain salary sacrifice schemes as part of a set of wholesale tax changes that could have a signific. Tax Salary sacrifice cars Leasing
Green Car Reports
MAY 11, 2016
Such a "carbon tax" is enthusiastically supported by many advocates of greater action on climate change—including Tesla CEO Elon Musk—as an effective way to reduce emissions by putting an economic cost on them. Carbon Footprint emissions global warming energy policy climate change taxes carbon dioxide electric utilitiesOne new policy measure that could get companies to cut their carbon emissions is to put a price on those emissions.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Politics incentives tax credit taxes plug-in cars Charging station EVSE Donald TrumpWith any new presidential administration comes a certain degree of legislative uncertainty. Conflicting statements on many issues by president-elect Donald Trump have produced more questions than usual about what policies he and his administration may pursue. But for present and future electric-car owners considering the purchase of a home.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 8, 2016
A businessman and electric-car fan who imported a Tesla Model S into Singapore has had to pay an additional emission tax on the zero-emission luxury car. While the Tesla runs solely on batteries and has no tailpipe from which to emit anything, the island state levied the tax to reflect the annual carbon-dioxide emissions of the electricity used to. Carbon Footprint emissions tax Tesla Motors electric utilities plug-in cars Singapore
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Eleven states currently assess fees on electric vehicle owners in lieu of traditional fuel taxes, according to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
Green Car Reports
MARCH 2, 2015
The California Legislature is considering a bill that would cut the sales tax on green cars in the state by more than half. It calls for reducing the sales tax on battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles to 3.06 percent, compared to the current 7.5 percent. ALSO SEE: Six California Electric-Car Bills Signed By
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 1, 2013
More specifically, at least, you''ll have to get it up and running by December 31 this year in order to take advantage of a Federal income-tax credit of 30 percent of the cost of purchase and installation. Consider this your last warning: If you''re planning on getting a charging station for a plug-in electric car, you only have 30 days.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
The Peach State previously had one of the most generous incentive programs for new electric-car purchases, offering up to $5,000 in income-tax credits to electric-car buyers. Electric-car buyers in Georgia have seen their prospects change dramatically over the past few months. But earlier this year, legislators killed that incentive program. DON'T. sales incentives Georgia plug-in cars state laws transportation policy
Green Cars News
APRIL 29, 2013
The UK has been named as one of the best for driving sustainable changes by adapting tax regimes, according to a new survey by KPMG. We join the US, Japan, France, South Korea and China as some of the best countries for encouraging environmentally-considerate behaviours through taxes.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 6, 2017
Michigan is now adding fees for electric cars, as well as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, because they don't burn enough gasoline to generate the same state tax revenue as other vehicles. Politics taxes Gas Tax registration plug-in cars Indiana state lawsIndiana may soon follow Michigan in implementing fees for electric cars, with the stated goal of helping to pay for road repairs.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 30, 2014
That''s due to a $5,000 Georgia state tax credit for the purchase of a battery-electric vehicle, which can be used to cut state income-tax liability over one, two, or three years. Over the last two years, the metropolitan Atlanta area has become one of the single best sales regions for the Nissan Leaf electric car.
Green Car Reports
MAY 2, 2016
That's because Tesla is pushing closer to the 200,000-unit cap that triggers a phase-out of the $7,500 Federal tax credit for electric cars. Tesla's success so far in selling its Model S and Model X electric cars—and attracting reservations for the Model 3—is good news for the company, but not necessarily for Model 3 customers. incentives plug-in cars Tesla Model 3
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
The American Petroleum Institute has released its January 2014 update report and maps on gasoline and diesel taxes for all 50 states in the US along with a national average; the information is updated quarterly. Gasoline taxes, January 2014. Diesel taxes, January 2014.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
The fees are typically meant as a substitute for the gasoline taxes that, because they don't buy gas, electric-car owners don't pay. government taxes Gas Tax plug-in cars state laws transportation policySeveral different states have continued to propose new fees for electric-car owners as a way to pay for road repairs. Advocates have criticized these fees, saying they effectively penalize drivers for reducing.
Green Car Reports
JULY 6, 2017
Aside from the Federal income-tax credits available nationally, the state of California has its own purchase rebates. rebates California incentives tax credit plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) state lawsThe state of California has a long track record of supporting electric cars and doing everything possible to ensure plug-in vehicles can be obtained by the largest number of drivers.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 30, 2014
Today we learn just how much torque the Tesla Model S P85D electric car produces, survey the ongoing fight over Georgia''s electric-car tax credit, and consider what the renewal of the CrossVolt trademark means for Chevy''s future electric-car lineup.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Critics of electric cars often use the argument that, because electric-car drivers don't pay gas taxes, they don't contribute their fair share of road-maintenance costs. But state gas-tax revenue don't necessarily go toward funding infrastructure, or at least not all of it. Infrastructure Gas Tax transportation policy New Jersey
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
The Obama Administration says the the $10/barrel tax raises the funding necessary to make these new investments, while also providing for the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. President Obama has laid out a plan for building a “21st Century Clean Transportation System”, the investment for which would be funded by a new $10 per barrel fee on oil paid by oil companies, which would be gradually phased in over five years.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 27, 2015
State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. Green Georgia Illinois Texas incentives plug-in cars rebates state laws tax credit But they don''t last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off its program as well. Then there''s Texas, where a.
Green Car Reports
JULY 15, 2013
By now, pretty much anyone who''s thinking of buying a plug-in electric car knows the Federal government offers an income-tax credit to help reduce the effective cost. But are shoppers who wait too long in danger of losing out on these credits? The short answer is no. Or at least, not if they buy within the next two or three years. Unlike a
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Michigan taxes Gas Tax registration state lawsThe state of Michigan, to help pay for road repairs, decided more than a year ago to hit owners of hybrids and electric cars with additional fees starting this January 1—on top of higher registration rates for all cars. The new fees have been added to the registration bills for hybrids, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric cars because they.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 19, 2014
First, raising taxes--in any way, for any purpose, under any circumstances--is virtually impossible. Highway Trust Fund is broke, because the Federal gasoline tax hasn''t been raised in two decades and continually improving fuel economy means Two facts sit in opposition to each other in Washington, D.C., and have for many years. Second, the U.S.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 9, 2017
Manufacturing government incentives jobs tax credit plug-in cars nevada gigafactory Faraday FutureThe state of Nevada has been fairly generous to startup electric-car makers that pledge to establish manufacturing operations within its borders. After offering a generous incentive package several years ago, the Silver State landed Tesla's lithium-ion battery "Gigafactory," which is now up and running just outside Reno. Then it lured the.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2016
US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced new legislation ( S.3450 ) to allow employers to give workers with electric cars access to the same pre-tax transportation benefits many workers receive for traditional forms of transportation like public transportation allowances, parking fees, and public transit passes. Employers would be able to give up to $250 per month in electric charging benefits without employees being taxed, making their benefit packages more competitive.
Green Car Reports
JULY 11, 2014
After a slow start, electric cars could take another step forward in China as the country decides to waive its 10 percent purchase tax on the vehicles. It''s the latest effort by the country''s policymakers to address China''s pollution and energy independence issues. Electric car sales have been abysmal in China while those in the U.S, Europe and
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 24, 2014
Taxes are rarely popular, but if they''re to be accepted by the populace the bare minimum they have to do is make sense. Virginia''s annual tax on hybrid vehicles did not make sense. Proposed and enacted early last year, the tax added a fixed yearly sum to the cost of running a hybrid vehicle, in an effort to make up a gas tax shortfall.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 23, 2014
Several states have adopted or proposed special taxes and fees for electric-car drivers. which are supposed to make up for lost revenue from taxes on the fuel their drivers don''t buy. Electric-car advocates typically view these policies as discriminatory, and claim they work against efforts to get more people into plug-ins. MORE: Washington
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Fuel taxes in the United States in 2015 accounted for 19% of the price of a gallon of gasoline, down from just under 30% in 1990, according to figures compiled by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Japan’s gasoline taxes were nearly half of the price in those years.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
A major contributor to electric-car sales is the program under which buyers of new electric cars qualify for a federal income-tax credit of up to $7,500. But these tax credits are not unlimited. General Motors incentives Tesla Motors tax credit plug-in cars Tesla Model 3Once a manufacturer reaches sales of 200,000 plug-in electric cars (after December 31, 2009), the credits start to phase out for that company's cars.
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Japan has extended its tax breaks for ‘green cars’ until 2015, in a effort to support its struggling domestic car industry. Green credentials break emissions green car japan low emission taxFuel-efficient and low emission cars, including many hybrid and electric cars will now benefit from the continuation of customer incentives now extended for another three years, having previously been scheduled to end next April. [.].
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Buyers of various Volkswagen TDI diesel vehicles took about $50 million in Federal income-tax credits in 2009 for the purchase of their supposedly green car. emissions EPA TDI incentives CAFE tax credit regulation Corporate Average Fuel EconomyWith Michael Horn, CEO of VW Group of America, testifying to Congress today, those credits--and whether the Federal government should be reimbursed for them, and by whom--are likely to.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2015
A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Average credit per tax return, by income level.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iM compact hatchback, Mercedes-Benz hints at a Tesla-rivaling electric car, and a new study finds that the majority of electric-car tax credits go to higher-income households. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Tesla Roadster 3.0 battery upgrade will cost $29,000, and provide up to 330 miles of range, the. Today in Car News
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