#RBPi (#RESIST-by-Plugging-in) diaries expand awareness that:
When the government is run by oil interests and global-warming deniers, switching to a Plug-in vehicle (a.k.a. electric car or EV) becomes a direct, effective act of #Resistance. On the merits, EVs are viable and increasingly attractive in many segments of the US new and used auto market.If you are serious about resisting, have a car, and you haven’t plugged in yet, I hope to help you move ahead in the inevitable path to electrification, sooner rather than later. Because #Resist.
Hi everyone! Apologies, this is coming very late in the day due to some craziness we’ve had here. But in truth, there’s time till December 31st...
Today in the spirit of Black Friday, I will only discuss the ins and outs of buying/leasing a brand-new EV. I’ll stay strictly within the mid-market price range, though.
This diary isn’t a model-by-model discussion, but rather a heads-up regarding some less-known aspects of life with an EV that are better to be aware of before making the plunge.
Besides the substantially better EV selection than ever before, there’s another reason to buy a new EV right now before 2017 ends. The House version of the Middle-class-robbery tax bill contains an immediate end to the $2.5k-7.5k Federal EV subsidy on December 31. Cold Turkey.
The Federal EV rebate currently in effect phases out gradually, by automaker. Both GM and Tesla are expected to start the phase-out next year.Even though per the GOP’s 2017 YTD record in getting things done in Congress, the subsidy has a good chance of surviving, it might not. And frankly with everything else in that bill, the EV nix is not among the worst, especially considering that the way the current subsidy is structured will punish those automakers who invested most in EVs. (btw: Hillary planned to increase the rebate to $10k and make it longer-term)
Regardless. Come January 1, we might wake up to no Federal subsidy. And even if the current rule stays, at some point in 2018 the subsidy to get a Chevy Bolt/Volt or Tesla Model 3 will be halved, then halved again, then — a year later — gone.