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Ev Archive for June 2000
1551 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:48:52 2001

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Re: AZ Alt Fuel/EV Credits



On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 06:26:34AM -0400, COINARIAN@aol.com wrote:
> For anyone else looking at the AF/EV tax credit issue here in AZ, here is a 
> site that I just found that looks like it gives some answers. I think it 
> might be the site that another lister mentioned, that I could never find 
> before. Boy, looking at this site, buying that propane powered tour bus might 
> just have been the best deal I ever made. Will let y'all know how I come out. 
> Regards, David Chapman. http://www.revenue.state.az.us/altfuel.htm 

It looks to me like used vehicles and conversions don't get as much
money... $5000 and up depending on cost.  But there is also credit
for chargers and credit for installing charging infrastructure... and
get this....100% credit up to $400,000 for a publicly-accessible
refueling setup!  Sounds like a business plan to me; find a
little chunk of land near some shopping and theaters, and set up charging
stations and/or propane/hydrogen/LNG/etc.  Unless they have restricted
it in some way, maybe all of the improvements to the land would be paid
for by the credit, since that is its dedicated purpose, and it could 
be operated at a loss for a while since the only ongoing costs are 
electricity, taxes, paying for the land, and a possible attendant if
other fuels besides electricity are offered.  Then again, electricity to 
charge doesn't cost much so maybe the trend is for it to be a "perk" 
provided along with parking, shopping etc.  I don't know if the businesses 
will come to see it that way or if all the free charging stations we see 
now are purely politically motivated.

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