Thanks Fran, for the kind words and for all that you yourself are doing to promote EVs in Florida! Indeed, as the pioneering first consumer A123/Hymotion conversion in Florida, you have been and are integral part of all of this, of the legislative initiative, right at the center of it, and indeed a primary impetus and inspiration for it. You are playing a vital role with your statewide EVI tour as a leading showcase in the state for EVs and the benefits of this legislation. We look forward to supporting and participating in your statewide tour and seeing you this weekend at BBB!
Thanks again! Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "fran sullivan-fahs" <[email protected]> To: "Charles Whalen" <[email protected]>; "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] Hasner FL incentives + federal incentives = $3.6k totalincentives for plug-in Prius conversion Thank you, Charles, for all you have done to help these state and federal incentives happen. Even though it hurts to know that we won't be happy recipients of those incentives, I think that, somehow, the presence of our PHEV may have helped those good things happen. And, on The Electric Vehicle Initiative, which begins this Friday, we will have this good news of the incentives to pass on to those interested in converting their Prius to a PHEV. This is, truely, good news. We will watch HB 879 and help wherever we can. Congrats, again! Fran, Ron & Joy & The EVI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Whalen" <[email protected]> To: "Florida EAA" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:13 AM Subject: [FLEAA] Hasner FL incentives + federal incentives = $3.6k totalincentives for plug-in Prius conversion > Hi everyone, > > Just thought you'd be interested to know that the $780 billion fiscal > stimulus bill passed by Congress last weekend that will be signed into law > today by President Obama contains a $1,000 federal tax credit for > converting > a Prius to a 120-mpg plug-in hybrid with the A123/Hymotion conversion kit > (conforming to federal crash-test safety and emission standards). The new > law specfically provides a 10% federal tax credit on the cost of the > conversion, up to a maximum credit of $4,000. The A123/Hymotion Prius > conversion costs $10,000, so the new federal tax credit will be $1,000 for > converting a Prius with the A123/Hymotion kit. > > If Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner's EV Incentives state > legislation, House Bill 879, passes both the Florida State House and State > Senate and is signed into law by Governor Crist, it will provide an > additional $2,600 worth of state-level incentives for converting a Prius > to > a plug-in hybrid with the A123/Hymotion kit, consisting of a $2,000 state > rebate plus a $600 sales tax exemption. > > This would make the aggregate amount of federal and (proposed) state > incentives for the A123/Hymotion plug-in Prius conversion worth a total of > $3,600, which would bring the total cost of the conversion from $10,600 > down > to $7,000. That is a significant and substantial savings on the cost of > the > conversion to plug-in hybrid. > > Conversion cost: $10,000 > FL sales tax: + $600 > --------- > Total conversion cost: $10,600 > > Minus: > Federal tax credit: - $1,000 > FL sales tax exemption: - $600 > FL state rebate: - $2,000 > ---------- > Net conversion cost: $7,000 > > Foreign Affairs Auto in West Palm Beach is the only authorized > A123/Hymotion > installer in the Southeastern US. The conversion takes only a day to do, > with the car in and out the same day. You can read more about it at: > > www.foreignaffairsauto.com/pages/hymotion > > Here again are the links to Majority Leader Hasner's Florida EV Incentives > legislation: > > Majority Leader Hasner's press release: > http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/files/hasner.%20EV.PR.pdf > > House Bill 879: > www.myfloridahouse.gov:80/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=40983&SessionId=61 > > Best regards, > > Charles Whalen > Florida Electric Auto Association > [email protected] > www.floridaeaa.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1957 - Release Date: 2/17/2009 7:07 AM _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
