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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by yawz on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @03:50PM (#13980036)
I'm not sure if this year all figures are the same, but when I was car-shopping in November, Colorado state granted up to $6,000 in tax credits for new EVs. Federal tax credit was $7,500. And on top of that, Nissan was adding their own discount for their new Leafs.

So, nobody pays the full price of an EV at the moment. You can currently buy 1-2 year-old, certified Nissan Leafs for less than $13,000.

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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by rootusrootus on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:24PM (#13982474)
With the number of reservations Tesla has for the Model 3, we are going to find out rather quickly what effect losing the big tax credits has on electric adoption. Maybe that is hidden somewhat by the leasing -- buying an EV right now is foolish, leasing is a much better choice. Even the Model S is going through the auctions at half MSRP or sometimes less, and less prestigous cars like the 500E are auctioning at 4K or so. Anybody who purchased on outright a few years ago is going to be extremely upside down for a while longer.
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