Vermont Still Has Electric Vehicle Incentives – CleanTechnica

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Federal EV incentives have been gone for a little while now in the United States. There are still incentives available in some states, though. California, Colorado, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York provide a variety of EV incentives to their residents.

Add another to the list: Vermont, which may not be that surprising considering it is both a green state and politically progressive. With all the news about the elimination of the federal incentives, some may have overlooked the availability of state incentives.

Vehicle Rebates

Getting to the subsidies available in Vermont:

All-electric vehicle rebates

• New $2,200
• Used $1,500

Plug-in hybrid rebates

• New $1,000
• Used $750

Extra $1,000 rebate

Income-qualified residents can receive an additional $1,000 if they purchase or lease a new or used all-electric vehicle. More information about this qualification is on the Green Mountain Power website.

Home Charging

For certain individuals, there is also some support for home charging, which makes it easier to get an EV because having your own home charger is obviously more convenient than charging somewhere else. This is from the Green Mountain Power website: “We offer a free Level 2 charger while you’re enrolled in our Home Charging program with discount EV charging rates (it’s like paying $1.20/gallon!).”

Supporting home charging may appeal a great deal to many prospective EV buyers, because then they don’t have to figure it out themselves and make arrangements on their own.

Motorcycles and E-bikes

There are also rebates for these two-wheel electric vehicles: $500 for motorcycles and $200 for e-bikes.

Returning to the four-wheel electric vehicles for a moment, one of the persistent myths is that they “cost too much,” but there are multiple EVs that cost much less than the average price of a new car in the US. Their lower cost is before incentives and before potential savings from using electricity instead of gasoline or diesel and lower maintenance costs and repairs.

There are also used EVs that cost even less than the new ones.