The government will soon hand you $4,000 to buy a used electric car. How to navigate the purchase, according to experts.

[Passepartout]

Some dealers are applying the $4000 directly to the sales price of the used EV. I don't know if the buyer has to sign over the credit or just how it works. Maybe the dealer gets to use the credit. I dunno.

 

[dago]

Some dealers are applying the $4000 directly to the sales price of the used EV. I don't know if the buyer has to sign over the credit or just how it works. Maybe the dealer gets to use the credit. I dunno.

I would need more info on that. The credit is UP TO $4000. That tells me that it's not a flat $4000, so if the dealers are giving $4000, and not everyone qualifies for the full amount, then somewhere somehow it has to be paid back

 

[Passepartout]

I would need more info on that. The credit is UP TO $4000. That tells me that it's not a flat $4000, so if the dealers are giving $4000, and not everyone qualifies for the full amount, then somewhere somehow it has to be paid back

I suspect that before you take delivery on that used EV, the details will be made clear.

 

[dago]

I suspect that before you take delivery on that used EV, the details will be made clear.

fair enough

 

[Carolinian]

Well, now, this is curious. California has a heat wave and EV owners are told NOT to charge their EV batteries.

CA urged to not charge electric cars just weeks after ban on gas cars

They are also being advised to set their thermostats at 78 degrees or higher, avoid using large appliances, and turn off unnecessary lights.

www.dailymail.co.uk

If you own a conventional vehicle, however, you can still gas up with no problem.

California is on a path to further weaken its power grid by taking more conventional power offline and replacing it with weather-dependent intermittent wind and solar. How much more often will these periods you are not supposed to charge your EV occur then?

 

[MrockStar]

Well, now, this is curious. California has a heat wave and EV owners are told NOT to charge their EV batteries.

CA urged to not charge electric cars just weeks after ban on gas cars

They are also being advised to set their thermostats at 78 degrees or higher, avoid using large appliances, and turn off unnecessary lights.

www.dailymail.co.uk

If you own a conventional vehicle, however, you can still gas up with no problem.

California is on a path to further weaken its power grid by taking more conventional power offline and replacing it with weather-dependent intermittent wind and solar. How much more often will these periods you are not supposed to charge your EV occur then?

Just wait till 2, 3 years from now when they decommission their last nuclear plant and several more natural gas power plants and EV cars grow in adoption. Fun times ahead for charging on the power grid during ever hotter/dryer heat waves. Yah for the EV cars replacing ICE vehicles!

 

[Carolinian]

Just wait till 2, 3 years from now when they decommission their last nuclear plant and several more natural gas power plants and EV cars grow in adoption. Fun times ahead for charging on the power grid during ever hotter/dryer heat waves. Yah for the EV cars replacing ICE vehicles!

The other thing interesting about heat waves and cold snaps is that they often are accompanied by calm wind conditions so wind turbines don't produce well if at all.

 

[Carolinian]

Those Scandanavians do not seem to think much of Teslas. First that guy in Finland had his Model S blown up because it would cost $23,000 to replace the battery. Now Norwegian Tesla owners have announced a hunger strike:

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[FTEddie]

I wish they would offer an incentive for buying hybrids. I think it is premature to push everyone to EV's until bugs are worked out, power grid is enhanced, and the key raw materials aren't primarily produced in enemy countries.
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