The NY state Governor signed the bill for a $2000 state rebate for the lease or purchase of an electric car on April 1st, 2016. I tried to use it today toward the excellent lease deal Nissan is currently offering on the 2016 Leaf.
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2016 Nissan LEAF Electric Car: 100% Electric. 100% Fun.
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The Bill is passed and signed but was handed off to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for implementation. The program is still sitting there inactive and they tell me they legally have one year from the signed date to start the program.
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https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/
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Oh well. Maybe next year. The intention is to increase early adoption of EV's since upstate NY has the cleanest grid in the country but any prospective buyers in NY will now be waiting.