electric vehicle incentives

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) did a great job encouraging electric vehicle trips to the airport by setting up 38 charging stations in two separate lots and offering EV drivers free parking spaces. Those no-cost spots were a huge draw, to be sure, but airport authorities have now decided ...

Governments here in the States have stepped up by offering some significant incentives for purchasing green vehicles. Buyers across the country can get up to $7,500 off a plug-in vehicle, thousands back on hybrids and even deeper discounts in some states thanks to additional rebates. Though ...

Last Friday, the Government of Spain signed off on a measure that will provide incentives to hopefully stimulate the introduction of plug-in vehicles. The legislation includes direct subsidies for the purchase of such vehicles, with a budget of €72 million ($103 million U.S. at the current ...

Consider it done. Nissan Leaf buyers in Ireland can finally take delivery of their electric hatchbacks now that the sovereign state's plug-in vehicle incentive program has been finalized. All vehicles with CO2 emissions under 75 grams per kilometer are eligible for a purchase subsidy of up to ...

Starting in January of 2012, Québec, Canada will offer rebates of up to C$8,000 ($8,358 U.S. at the current exchange rate) for the purchase of plug-in vehicles. Last week, Quebec's prime minister, Jean Charest, unveiled an incentive plan that calls for rebates to be offered on a sliding ...

Nissan Leaf buyers in Ireland have been unable to take delivery of their electric hatchbacks because the sovereign state's promised plug-in vehicle incentive program has not been finalized. Grants of up to €5,000 ($7,120 U.S. at the current exchange rate) were to be offered on the ...

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has announced that the state will offer a $2,500 tax rebate to buyers who snatch up the first wave of electric vehicles (EVs) headed to the Volunteer State. The rebate only extends to the first 1,000 EVs sold there and is expected to help boost Nissan Motor Co. ...

With numerous countries aggressively seeking ways to promote electric vehicles (EVs), incentives have popped up almost everywhere. From the $7,500 offered in the U.S. to $8,500 in Ontario, Canada, these incentives will help reduce the cost of EVs and hopefully speed up their initial adoption. ...

It looks like Germany won't be jumping into the race to see who can provide the biggest subsidies for purchases of plug-in vehicles. At the launch of the National Program for Electric Mobility in Berlin on Monday, German officials said that federal funding would instead go toward research ...