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Old 04-03-2016, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by gomoho View Post
Hats off if you wish to buy an electric car, but dam it, I really don't want to subsidize your $7500 tax break. Let's see how these stand on their own without government manipulation.
that's what I have been saying since the government allowed golf cart buyers a $7500 tax credit. However the tax credit for solar are evaporating.
Telsa would have never survived but for the generous tax benefits he received from both the federal and state governments. You tax away those tax benefits and the company is just not profitable.

The cost of battery replacement for its top of the line vehicles is presently stated to be around $50,000.

So why isn't the government giving more backing to NGV's?...that's a rhetorical question