France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who trade in their car

Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by bombcar on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:22AM (#32565336)

It's even worse in the US! The electrical rebate is against tax collected, so you not only have to have the money to buy (or borrow to buy) an electric car, but you have to have enough tax liability to take advantage of the whole rebate.

Or lease the car and let the car company take it for you.

If it was an above the line credit, I would have highly considered it.

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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by Tempest1981 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:34AM (#32565515)

Typically you would need an income of $47,000 to maximize the $7500. And under $150,000 (individual).

Per https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/dis...

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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by bombcar on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:43AM (#32565621)

Single (no dependents) is the problem.

The purchasers of the plug-in Pacifica are not usually going to be in that demographic. I couldn't get to the $7500, so the Sienna wins.

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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by Scoundreller on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:33AM (#32565501)

Same with net metering: you need to be an electricity hog to get the most value.

Otherwise you just accumulate credit that you may never use. Or you create new electricity use which defeats the purpose (but great if you actually sub pre-existing fuel consumption, if you have it). I wonder if nano-markets emerge where you invite your neighbourhood to charge their stuff at your home or run extension cords around…

Better to have a feed in tariff where you’re encouraging to conserve and produce.

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