[Oeva-list] Xebra rebates

[patrick0101 at gmail.com]

There is a federal incentive of up to $7500 and a state incentive of up to
$5000 both planned to start in 2010. I am not sure if the Xebra qualifies
for either.

For Oregon this was done with House Bill
2180<http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/hb2100.dir/hb2180.b.html>.
The $1500 HEV incentive is eliminated at the end of this year and replaced
by the Plug-in incentive. How the Oregon incentive is calculated is not
clear to me, but I did see a couple clues in the amendments to the bill. It
is not to exceed 25% of the vehicle and it is limited to a max of $5000.
There may be other restrictions too (number of wheels, speed, battery
capacity...). If anyone knows a good source for these additional details,
please let me know.

There also appeared to be a limit of using $1500 of the credit per year,
with the rest to be carried forward. This is what I had to do for my solar
credit with the state too.

One thing is clear, we are going to need to update the info on the
oeva.orgresource page in January.

As for the federal incentive, it ranges from $2,500 - $7,500, depending on
the vehicle's battery capacity. To be eligible for the credit, the vehicles
have at least 6 kWh batteries.

You can read the details here (federal tax
credits<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ShorepowerTechnologi/4f3dabf4ed/38781b71a9/b3f1404652>for
EVs and PHEVS).Here is my understanding:


   - Full incentive for first 60,000 vehicles per manufacturer, then phased
   out. At 200,000 vehicles the incentive is eliminated for that manufacturer
   - Sales and leases are both covered.
   - Low speed electric vehicles and 2 & 3 wheeled vehicles with batteries
   of at least 2.5 kWh are eligible for a 10% tax credit up to $2,500 through
   2011.
   - Qualified conversions of vehicles to plug-in hybrid or all electric are
   eligible for a 10% tax credit up to $4,000 through 2011.
   - Limited to vehicles weighing less than 14,000 lbs.


Regards,
Pat
If going without is not an option, go efficient   =D~


On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Philip Kollas <pkollas at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Curt,
>
> Unless things have changed recently (which I’ve not heard), you will get
> only the *state *tax credit, not a federal one.  The fed program for pure
> electrics expired at the end of 2007 . . . how convenient; just when
> interest in EVs was about to surge.  What remains is a credit for some
> hybrids—nothing for pure electrics.
>
> While your frustration with the Oregon Energy Dept’s site is
> understandable—I went through the same thing earlier this year—the form is
> available online at that site (see my final paragraph, below).  Just print
> it and fill it out, then mail it to the address shown in the info, along
> with your proof of purchase.  It’s not as slick as an online registration,
> but it does work, and it’s worth the effort.
>
> The state was very generous (my opinion) with its tax credit.  In my
> application form, I told the state that my Xebra had an *onboard *charging
> system, which it does, and which I thought might qualify the Xebra for the
> second half of the tax credit.  The Oregon credit is one half for the
> vehicle, one half for a charging system (if any), for a possible total of
> $1,500.  But since the cost of the Xebra included the cost of the charging
> system, I had no way to split out the respective amounts for vehicle vs.
> charging system.  The state gave me a $1,250 rebate, out of the possible
> $1,500.  I thought that was very fair, given that I could show no proof of
> the amount of the additional fee for the charger.  I had figured that they
> might just credit me with the first $750, as I had not purchased a
> stand-alone charger.
>
> Take a good look through the state Energy Dept’s site, click on the link
> that pops open the PDF form, and print it.  It’s under the heading on the
> right side called  “*Alternative Fuel Vehicles or Charging/Fueling
> Systems”; *ignore the link to “Hybrid Vehicle Tax Credits”--the Xebra is
> not a hybrid.  [The Energy Dept considers electricity an “alternative fuel,”
> though I despise that term for electrics.]  If you still have trouble
> getting to the form, let me know and I’ll try to help.
>
> Cheers,
> Philip Kollas
> =====
>
>
> On 10/4/09 12:00 PM, "oeva-list-request at oeva.org" <
> oeva-list-request at oeva.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> >    1. Re: Cash for clunkers item (cje at hevanet.com)
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:21:10 GMT
> > From: cje at hevanet.com
> > Subject: Re: [Oeva-list] Cash for clunkers item
> > To: "Joanne Daschel" <jdaschel at embarqmail.com>, <oeva-list at oeva.org>
> > Message-ID: <200910041521.n94FLAF5010943 at broadway.hevanet.com>
> >
> >> Hope we can get back to electric vehicle information!  1980 Electravan
> >> owner Joanne Daschel, Lincoln City OR
> >
> > Okay, let's! I bought a new Xebra this spring. I'm pretty sure I get a
> > fed and state credit for it, and I've been kinda hunting around. I find
> > some conflicting stuff -- some sites say I get one, some say I don't.
> > The Oregon Energy Department website is about useless, and my emails go
> > unanswered. I think I found the federal tax form on the web. Anyone
> > know for sure?
> >
> > Curt Erickson
>
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