http://dealbreaker.com/2015/04/california-might-make-it-prohibitively-expensive-to-buy-a-100k-car/
California Might Make It Prohibitively Expensive To Buy A $100K Car
By Thornton McEnery [20150403]
So you’re an on-the-go millionaire who is both ecologically and
aesthetically aware? Oh, you’re going to need a Tesla.
But pricing on the basic Tesla Roadster starts at $101,500 and while it
might appear that way, you’re not actually made of money. If you live in
California though, there’s some good news! The state offers subsidies for
folks like you that want to travel in luxury while saving the world.
The incentives are intended to rid the roads of gas-guzzling vehicles
that spew carbon pollution by making electric cars more more affordable to a
broad range of consumers. Surveys indicate that 77 percent of buyers in
California earn more than $100,000 a year.
Thanks Uncle Jerry! Let’s put some chrome rims on this gorgeous Model S and
get you silently onto the freeway.
Oh, wait…
“It’s hard for the average Californian to understand why someone buying
a $100,000 car should get a rebate,” said California state Senator Ted
Gaines, a Republican who has proposed eliminating rebates on cars that cost
more than $40,000. “That’s the same question I posed to myself, and it was
hard to justify.”
Turns out that California (America’s favorite barely solvent state) has
handed out $34 million in rebates to buyers of Tesla cars since 2010 alone.
That’s the kind of figure that leads to populist uprisings, especially since
H.G. Wells character come alive/Tesla CEO Elon Musk decided to build his $5
billion battery factory in neighboring Nevada.
So California is maybe not going to help you out with this purchase, but you
should still consider buying a piece of the future, right? Hey, you can even
buy one used off of The Woz.
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, who’s worth an estimated $100
million, has bought two Tesla cars. He accepted the incentives, he said, but
they played no role in his decision to buy the vehicles.
What’s that? You want to see something in a Chevy Volt?
[© dealbreaker.com]
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