Petition For $2,500 Oregon State Tax Credit For EVs & PHEVs

July 28th, 2016 by James Ayre

There’s been an online petition circulating for a $2,500 plug-in vehicle tax credit in the state of Oregon. It seems worth giving a boost to here on CleanTechnica.

The petition currently has 159 signatures, 41 short of the stated goal of 200 — so those of you who are interested in the cause may want to head over to the Change.org petition page and add you name. It would be cool to get the petition far more than 200 signatures.

Here’s the full text of the petition — to be delivered to Kate Brown, Governor, State of Oregon — for those curious:

$2,500 Oregon state tax credit for purchase of electric or plug-in vehicle

There is currently a Federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for the purchase of an electric or plug-in vehicle ($2,500 plus $417 for each kilowatt-hour of battery capacity in excess of 5-kilowatt hours). Many states additionally offer state tax credits of various amounts. For example, in the state of Colorado “An income tax credit of up to $6,000 is available for a motor vehicle that uses or is converted to use an alternative fuel, is a hybrid electric vehicle or has its power source replaced with one that uses an alternative fuel.” Oregon does not currently (no pun intended) offer any tax credit for electric or plug-in vehicles; only a small tax credit of 25% up to $750 for the installation of a charging station. Are we going to let Colorado put us to shame? Given that transportation is a major contributor to CO2 and NOx emissions into the atmosphere, and hence to anthropogenic global warming in all states, not just in Colorado, Oregon also needs a substantial tax credit to promote the purchase of electric and plug-in vehicles.

(Tip of the hat here to “Genshi” on the Tesla Motors Club forum.)











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