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Old 01-08-2024, 11:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary View Post
When I got the 2013 Leaf I bought it for about $12,000 in Utah but got the Colorado credit at that time of about $3,000 on it bringing the price down to $9,000 (which I sold a year later for $7,000).
Sounds like CO is very bad at writing law that actually accomplishes the purposes they seek. That said, arbitrage works on the price edges; there's hardly a scenario where there's thousands to be had with little effort.

Oregon stupidly offers $2,500 for used EV purchases to "modest" income people, and it requires the vehicle to be purchased from a dealership in Oregon. It's funded by charging a 1% fee on all vehicles purchased from a dealership. If funding is insufficient, people simply don't get the $2,500 they thought they would.

I'm telling you that you will never purchase a new $12,500 Bolt EV, so there's no point entertaining the idea. If that was possible, I'd be funding every CO Bolt EV purchase in the state and taking a cut of the profit.
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