Since 2010, the federal government has incentivized the purchase of new electric vehicles with tax credits. To date, many EV and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) buyers have benefited from this program. But how exactly does the tax credit work, and which cars are e
In theory all automakers that sell electrified cars, be they fully-electric or plug-in hybrids, can sell cars eligible for the EV tax credit. However, Post Inflation Reduction Act, the criteria is a lot stricter than it used to be and will only get stricter as the years go by. This li...
Qualified buyers no longer need to wait until filing their taxes to apply the credit to the purchase price of their new or used EV.
The MSRP cap for cars is $55,000, while vans, SUVs, and pickup trucks can't be priced above $80,000. Used vehicles The IRA adds EV incentives for some used vehicles – but not every used EV will qualify. For a used EV to qualify for a 30 percent credit of the sale price (up...
The elimination of the EV tax credit would lead to a drop in prices and initially cut into Tesla's profits. However, lower EV prices would also increase losses for legacy automakers still losing money on EVs and trying to get a firmer footing in the EV market. If traditional...
White House officials say government EV purchases can only increase exponentially after a near-zero baseline a few years ago under President Donald Trump, who sought to loosen fuel economy requirements for gas-powered vehicles and proposed doing away with a federal tax credit for electric cars. ...
DETROIT (AP) — A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress. But the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for a tax credi...
Under the new rules, electric vehicles must be assembled in North America to qualify for the EV tax credit, and more of the battery component materials need to come from approved sources. Also, the price limit is dependent on the vehicle type. Vans, SUVs, and pickup trucks qualify if the...
Under the $740 billion economic package, which passed the Senate over the weekend and is nearing approval in the House, the tax credits would take effect next year. For an EV buyer to qualify for the full credit, 40% of the metals used in a vehicle's battery must come from North Ameri...
short. A function of the Inflation Reduction Act which was passed into law last August, the new tax credit policy proved to be good news for General Motors and Tesla, as both companies had sold more than the 200,000 vehicles allowed under the provisions of the previous EV-incentive program...