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Old 01-07-2019, 01:50 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
What is this plummet you speak of?

Didn't Oregon recently institute a similar used EV incentive? That would drive prices up as well.
Speculation of softening sales for Tesla and GM in the US as the federal credit phases out. Nissan is close behind.

Tesla has a few more levers it can pull to keep sales up through 2019 such opening up lease options, releasing different trim levels, and possible price reductions. Tesla already reduced the Model 3 price by $3k in response to the credit getting cut in half.

The Chevy Bolt will practically disappear once the credit phases out.

Yes, Oregon has a used EV credit of up to $5,000 ($2,500 + $2,500). The trick is having enough tax liability while still falling into a modest income bracket to qualify for the other $2,500. I'm not even sure if it's possible to double-dip. Quick math says a single person would need to make about $65,000 to have enough tax liability, but that might be too much to qualify for the modest income incentive.
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