Georgia
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Several years ago, Georgia offered a generous state-tax credit for purchase of a zero-emission vehicle, and its sales of electric cars boomed. When state politics interceded to kill that credit in 2015—and add a new tax specifically on those same vehicles—the state became a case study on what happens when such incentives are suddenly withdrawn. Now, state politicians are taking a second crack at an incentive. DON'T MISS: Georgia Kills Electric-Car Incentive, Adds Last-Minute Luxury-Car Tax Break (Apr 2015) On Wednesday, state representatives Spencer Frye, Todd Jones, and Allen...
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Georgia Electric-Car Fee Cut From $200 To $75 By Proposed Bill
For a couple of years, Georgia offered an example to the rest of the nation on how a seemingly unlikely state could boost electric-car sales. Then it all came crashing down. Last spring, opponents of the state's generous $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a zero-emission vehicle killed off...
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Faraday Future Plans $1 Billion Electric-Car Factory, Site TBD
Startup Faraday Future says it is looking to build electric cars in the U.S.
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Georgia Electric-Car Sales Plummet After Incentive Replaced By Tax
Georgia's electric-car sales crashed after the state eliminated a generous tax credit, a new report says.
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What Should Georgia Electric-Car Buyers Do By June 30?
Georgia's income-tax credit for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle will become history in about six weeks. That poses a problem for the state's electric-car shoppers: Buy before June 30 to take advantage of the expiring credit, or wait for improved battery-electric cars expected to arrive...
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Insult To Injury? GA Kills Electric-Car Incentive, Adds Last-Minute Luxury-Car Tax Break
It hasn't been a particularly good year so far for electric-car purchase incentives. As feared by advocates, last week Georgia passed a highway-funding bill that killed its $5,000 income-tax credit for purchase of a battery-electric vehicles. Illinois suspended its own rebates to close a gaping...
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The Kia Soul EV will soon be sold in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.
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IL Suspends Clean-Car Rebates; GA Tax Credit In Trouble Too; Texas Next?
State tax credits and purchase rebates have proven effective in kickstarting the early market for plug-in electric cars and other green vehicles. But they don't last forever, as buyers in Illinois and Georgia are learning; the Ilinois program has been suspended, and Georgia seems likely to kill off...
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Bill To Kill Georgia's Electric-Car Tax Credit Rises From The Dead
State politics can be a funny thing. Last week, a Georgia House bill to end the state's $5,000 tax credit for purchase or lease of a battery-electric vehicle was voted down by its Ways & Means Committee. But yesterday, it mysteriously reappeared and was unanimously passed by voice vote after it...
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Fight To Watch: Georgia Plans To Alter Electric-Car Tax Credit
Over the last two years, the metropolitan Atlanta area has become one of the single best sales regions for the Nissan Leaf electric car. That's due to a $5,000 Georgia state tax credit for the purchase of a battery-electric vehicle, which can be used to cut state income-tax liability over one, two...
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Will Georgia's $5,000 Electric-Car Tax Credit Be Axed In 2015?
Early this year, we wrote about efforts in the Georgia state legislature to kill the state's $5,000 income-tax credit for purchasing a battery-electric vehicle. Among the most generous state incentives in the nation, Georgia's credit has put the metropolitan Atlanta area among the top areas where...
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Atlanta's Success In Electric-Car Sales Highlights Incentives Role
Georgia's $5,000 tax credit and local incentives have made Atlanta an electric-car haven.
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Today, Georgia is among the best places in the country to buy an electric vehicle. Its electric-vehicle tax credit of $5,000 is among the highest offered by any state, and makes buying a battery-electric vehicle much more affordable. But advocates for the bill are now appealing to Georgia legislature not to approve a bill to eliminate the tax credit that may be voted on this Monday. On Wednesday, the Georgia House Income Tax Subcommittee passed HB257--a substitute bill that would eliminate the entire Georgia income tax credit for electric cars. Support, but don't subsidize? The bill has been...
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Will Georgia Kill Its $5,000 Tax Credit For Electric-Car Purchases?
New legislation could shut down Georgia's electric-car tax credit by April 1.
Stephen Edelstein