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C Moon

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Mon Aug 28, 2017, 08:34 PM Aug 2017

California seeks to boost electric-car rebate program (SFGate)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would spend up to $3 billion under a bill to widely expand its fledgling consumer rebate program for zero-emission vehicles.

The state has already spent nearly $450 million in subsidies, but the Los Angeles Times reported (http://lat.ms/2xC52Ij ) that so far, the rebates haven't boosted sales much. In 2016, of the just over 2 million cars sold in the state, only 75,000 were pure-electric and plug-in hybrid cars. To date, out of 26 million cars and light trucks registered in California, just 315,000 are electric or plug-in hybrids.

http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/California-seeks-to-boost-electric-car-rebate-12072805.php

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California seeks to boost electric-car rebate program (SFGate) (Original Post) C Moon Aug 2017 OP
The California rebate program is better for those With less means than the federal, because still_one Aug 2017 #1

still_one

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1. The California rebate program is better for those With less means than the federal, because
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 08:43 PM
Aug 2017

The federal rebate is realized as a tax credit, and the state is a check

Still, until the infrastructure is better, and the cost of the vechicles comes down in price, for most a good mileage car will work just fine

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