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Old 04-29-2021, 05:14 PM   #994 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
Do you want to spend thousands more for a used EV from a dealership just so you can get a credit?

How much does it balance out?

Who cares if there are multiple previous owners before the law was written?
I generally buy a 3 year old car and keep it until it is 10 years old. There aren't at lot of 3 year old car for sale through private sellers. Most people that are changing cars after only 3 years are either trading at the dealer or leasing.

I don't qualify for this proposed federal used EV credit or the Oregon used EV rebate so for me it is more theoretical than practical.

The Federal government cares. They know that if they didn't place restrictions on a qualifying sale people would do exactly what you proposed and just keep buying and selling cars to harvest credits.

The Feds decided to control that by only giving a used car credit to the first used car buyer. The State of Oregon controls abuse by requiring the car to be kept and registered for 2 years.
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