Personally I think we’re all being pretty disingenuous re: “tax incentives” when we’re talking about affording vehicles.
The $7,500 is a non-refundable tax credit that you don’t get until you file your taxes up to a year after you buy that car. You’re not actually bringing the price down to the low-30s/mid-20s using it, it’s basically tantamount to girl-math.
Tesla’s are just as expensive as any other comparable EV on the market with the only difference being you can buy one online in an instant.
It’s truly not the same thing as “girl math”, the incentives really makes a factor in a product being more affordable. Even if you have to wait a year why is that necessarily a bad thing? You still reap the benefits, it’s not like it’s a tax deductible where you would have to do special conditions to make it worth it.
Even factoring without tax incentives a Model 3 being high 30k is far better than any comparable at that price point.
Genuinely what EV can you get at that price that isn’t vaporware or something that’s low production?
Personally I think we’re all being pretty disingenuous re: “tax incentives” when we’re talking about affording vehicles.
The $7,500 is a non-refundable tax credit that you don’t get until you file your taxes up to a year after you buy that car. You’re not actually bringing the price down to the low-30s/mid-20s using it, it’s basically tantamount to girl-math.
Tesla’s are just as expensive as any other comparable EV on the market with the only difference being you can buy one online in an instant.
It’s truly not the same thing as “girl math”, the incentives really makes a factor in a product being more affordable. Even if you have to wait a year why is that necessarily a bad thing? You still reap the benefits, it’s not like it’s a tax deductible where you would have to do special conditions to make it worth it.
Even factoring without tax incentives a Model 3 being high 30k is far better than any comparable at that price point.
Genuinely what EV can you get at that price that isn’t vaporware or something that’s low production?