F*** NY State on Bolt EV rebate!

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NYRob

Discussion Starter · Mar 9, 2017 (Edited by Moderator)

Okay, so after much waiting , Bolts are finally starting to trickle... and I do mean trickle (like one Bolt at just two dealerships in a county with 1.5million people) in to the area.

Got to drive a Orange Premier yesterday... it was as good as I envisioned.
In my best Trump'ish tweet tone... "fantastic car...want one!"

Here's the rub.....

NY State is only starting their $2000 EV rebate for EV's purchased on or after April 1st 2017.

So even if the dealers get the Bolts on the lot... no one in NY will buy one till April 1st due to procrastination up in Albany since they okay'd the $2000 EV Rebate program in last April (2016).

So we finally get Bolts in NY... physically available to purchase and literally drive home today... but they will sit unsold till April 1st.

FWIW- no discounts either... 100% sticker price!

How's that for a kick in the produce section.....

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El Dobro

· #5 · Mar 9, 2017

Patience is a good thing.
The only thing we get in NJ is no sales tax.

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El Dobro

· #11 · Mar 9, 2017

ClarksonCote said:
On a $35k Bolt at 8% sales tax, that is a better deal than NY's $2000 rebate, by about $800.00

I wish NY had done the no sales tax thing instead of the rebate. The amount of money spent on deciding how to even implement the rebate seems silly to me. A sales tax exemption, in theory, seems a lot easier logistically, and is still effectively a point of sale rebate since sales tax is typically collected by the dealership at time of sale.

That's all we get though, just BEVs and FCEVs. Never had any breaks on hybrids or PHEVs.

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