Beginning in 2024, everyone under the income limit qualifies for the full $7,500 rebate. It does not matter if you owe less than that in taxes, and you can get it at the time of purchase instead of waiting for next year's taxes.
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expiredDC13 posted Jun 3, 2023 9:12 PM
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edit: For clarification from the wiki: "The tax credit is not refundable, which means one must have federal tax due to take advantage of it. If the tax due is less than the credit amount, one can only claim the credit up to the amount of the tax due."
So lower income people will not get a $7500 refund, it depends on your liability. i.e. A SDer responded about a student being angry in a previous thread that they only got $500 back and not $7500.
Virtually all of the ICE vehicle can be recycled. Generally the only items not recyclable per se will be interior trim - it's mixed plastic and rubber. Engine? steel or aluminum. Gearcases? Steel or aluminum. Body, frame, etc, steel or aluminum. In fact, about 86% of a car can be recycled [recyclenation.com].
Meanwhile your EV will still have a fully and readily recyclable frame and body, just like the ICE. The motor will generally be recyclable. The battery? Not really. Generally batteries and battery packs are not really designed for recycling. Most are just thousands of individual cylindrical cells, that themselves are spiral wound multilayer structures. There's no easy way to separate the materials here. An ICE, you literally rip out the engine with heavy equipment and include it in with any other steel or aluminum - the process is astonishingly easy and quick [youtube.com] with heavy equipment.
Meanwhile, the batteries are generally just shredded [ucsusa.org]. The resulting material is called "black mass" and is placed into a bath of caustic chemicals to leech out the *important* elements. In certain cases, that black mass is first incinerated to burn off plastic and epoxies. Yeah that sounds super efficient and environmental to me.
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Not as slick a deal as $19K but wanted to give some examples with numbers for reference.
It's a great car and if you can actually find one at MSRP (maybe a 5% chance) then buy it! Inventory is extremely low and a Chevy dealer can't guarantee you'll ever get one by the time they're discontinued. The EVSE install is also a joke unless you have the panel already in your garage. If not, you'll get bent over by the qmerit bid process.
Those comparing the bolt to the model 3, there's a reason the Tesla is still more. Much better tech, better seats, looks better, not discontinued, wayyyyyy faster DC charging
The Bolt has what works and you're 100% off about suspension, the Tesla rides way rougher like you're sitting in a bucket. I've owned both. Yes the Bolt seats are not as cushioned, but the seating position is much more upright and ergonomic instead of feeling like you're sitting in a toy racing car.
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for the 2LT version they want people to pay 40k instead of 32k. Ya okay. I'd rather buy a Model 3. I wish all the dealerships would just go out of business.
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I currently have a Bolt EUV at MSRP on reserve pending build date, thinking about swapping to Bolt EV tho, anyone have experience on the 23's on those two models? I know the jist of it 10 less range, 6" bigger interior, smoother ride, less turn radius, slightly less acceleration, but what do you guys prefer?
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