This morning a newswire about a GA rep. that introduced a bill to kill the $5k EV credit:
http://insideevs.com/bill-introduced-in-georgia-looks-to-end-states-5000-ev-credit-this-april/ UPDATE- Nissan Issues Statement – Bill Introduced in Georgia Looks to End State’s $5,000 EV Credit This April [2014/02/12] - “Now, a bill introduced by former Alpharetta Mayor [GA Rep.] Chuck Martin, threatens to suck the air out of electric vehicle adoption in the Peach State.” “The bill would eliminate an up to $5,000 tax credit available to buyers of new zero-emission vehicles, no later than April 1. The tax credit — among the richest in the country — coupled with a $7,500 federal tax credit, has fueled electric vehicle adoption in the state.” ... Which is kind of odd, because that same rep. was involved in the bill that Tesla is backing to increase EV sales in GA: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Tesla-backs-bill-to-boost-EV-sales-in-Georgia-tp4667939.html EVLN: Tesla backs bill to boost EV sales in Georgia ? Is this a Big Oil funded rep. being one of the first to hack away at Big Oil's competition ? http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/search/results?q=Chuck%20Martin -Shows both bills rep. Martin involved with http://www.house.ga.gov/representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=164&Session=23 rep. Martin's page The one and only EV Assoc. in GA: http://evclubofthesouth.wildapricot.org/ EV Club of the South Their page shows they have been tweeting about the bill to kill GA EV credits: https://twitter.com/EVCotS @EVCotS So, it isn't that their EAA Chapter isn't aware of the issue. If we delve into GA's interest in EVs, we can see that GA is a member of Clean Cities: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/cleancities/coalition/atlanta But if you look at the pie-chart off to the mid-left of the page, its seems EVs are not that big in the state, when compared to alt-chemical-fuel vehicles. Looking at the number of Level-2 & 3 EVSE in GA: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=Atlanta%2C+GA&filtered=true&fuel=ELEC&owner=all&payment=all&ev_level2=true&ev_dc_fast=true&radius=true&radius_miles=100 The public EVSE is mainly concentrated around Atlanta (GA's state capitol). With northern neighboring state TN hosting EV manufacturing plants like Nissan's which produces the Leaf EV in the U.S., one might think GA would want to tap into that energy with synergistic efforts. And perhaps they have. Let's look at the GA EV credit: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/laws/laws/GA Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Tax Credit An income tax credit is available to individuals who purchase or lease a new ZEV. The amount of the tax credit is 20% of the vehicle cost, up to $5,000. For the purpose of this credit, a ZEV is defined as a motor vehicle that has zero tailpipe and evaporative emissions, including a pure electric vehicle. Low-speed vehicles do not qualify for this credit. Any portion of the credit not used in the year the ZEV is purchased or leased may be carried over for up to five years. For more information, see the Alternative Fuels and Tax Credits website. (Reference Georgia Code 48-7-40.16) $5000 is a generous EV credit when compared to CA's EV credit ... : http://www.afdc.energy.gov/laws/laws/CA Plug-In Hybrid and Zero Emission Light-Duty Vehicle Rebates The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) offers rebates for the purchase or lease of qualified vehicles. The rebates offer up to $2,500 for light-duty zero emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles that the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has approved or certified. The rebates are available on a first-come, first-served basis to individuals, business owners, and government entities in California that purchase or lease new eligible vehicles. Manufacturers must apply to ARB to have their vehicles included in CVRP. ARB determines annual funding amounts for CVRP, which is expected to be effective through 2023. For more information, including a list of eligible vehicles and other requirements, see the CVRP website. (Reference Assembly Bill 8, 2013) ... which is only half ($2,500) of what GA offers ($5,000). My bottom line quick-conclusions from limited information: Because the rep.'s bill is to kill EV credits and not just reduce to be comparable to other states, I am thinking Big Oil has dropped money to get their way and end GA support of their EV competitor. I truly hope that this bill can be stopped, or at least re-written to still support the purchase of EVs. {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/GA-Bill-to-Kill-EV-credits-Something-odd-is-going-on-here-tp4667940.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
