To start making a real dent in the market, Ms. Caldwell said, “electric vehicles still need to be subsidized for a significant amount of time.”
A slowdown in the country’s shift toward battery-powered vehicles could leave
the American auto market a global laggard, electric vehicle proponents warn.
Behind the Quiet State-by-State Fight Over Electric Vehicles -
By HIROKO TABUCHIMARCH 11, 2017
When Georgia repealed its generous $5,000 tax credit on electric vehicles in July 2015,
and instead slapped a $200 registration fee on electric cars, sales quickly tumbled.
There are also concerns among advocates of electric cars over the fate of a $7,500 federal tax credit on the vehicles, a major catalyst for sales.
In Colorado, a bill that would end income tax credits for owners of electric and alternative-fuel vehicles is working its way through the legislature.
And California’s Zero Emission Vehicle Program, which will soon require automakers to sell electric vehicles in nine other states
that have adopted California’s own stringent emissions rules, could also keep states on course.
In some states, there is a move to repeal tax credits for battery-powered vehicles or to let them expire.
“It’s baffling,” said Matt Jones, a Democratic state senator in Colorado, who opposes the move to repeal the tax credit.
In a close vote, also Feb. 28, Utah’s House of Representatives voted against extending the state’s
tax credit for electric vehicles after legislators there argued that those credits cost too much.