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Michigan Governor Set To Announce EV Rebates Of Up To $2,500

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is set to introduce a $2,500 state-level tax rebate for the purchase of a new EV this week.

According to The Detroit News, up to $2,000 of the rebate can be used toward a car purchase, while $500 can be used to purchase a charging stall, charging chords or other related charging equipment.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Whitmer is expected to announce the new initiative during a press conference on Wednesday, in which she’ll provide more details on her plan for Michigan to secure more automotive manufacturing investment for EVs and eco-friendly vehicles.

The Michigan Economic Development Board previously approved $824 million in incentives for General Motors to build two separate new EV and battery manufacturing plants in the state. These investments, which will be made in Lansing and Orion Township, will help ensure Michigan remains a manufacturing hub for the Detroit Big Three even amid the transition to battery-electric vehicles.

Michigan officials sought out GM for additional investment in order to offset the effects of Ford’s decision to skip over its home state and build new electric vehicle and battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee – investments that will total a sizable $11.4 billion.

The new $2,500 state-level rebate is expected to help drive EV adoption in the state. roughly 15,000 electric vehicles were sold in Michigan in 2020, according to data from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, as cited by The Detroit News. The EV adoption rate in the state should begin to climb once the Detroit Big Three begin offering more EVs, especially larger offerings like the Ford F-150 Lightning, Chevy Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq.

In a statement sent to The Detroit News, Stellantis offered its support for the new Michigan EV tax incentives, saying such measures would help support the creation and sustentation of middle-class jobs in the state,

“Consumer tax incentives at the point of sale will further help this critical transformation by making electrified vehicles more affordable for more consumers — an economic environment that will support well-paying, middle-class jobs in the state’s largest industry,” the statement said.

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  1. This is great news!

    Unfortunately, those on this forum will complain that it’s a waste of their tax dollars, and that people who claim this rebate, truly cannot afford the vehicle.

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    1. Whitmer is a demon.

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    2. Sonicfan – If these cars were truly popular the government wouldn’t have to offer incentives of tax payer money to bride people to buy these vehicles. This tax payer money would have been better spent on infrastructure. Hell Michigan could have used that money towards the clean up Flint’s water or tear down the abandoned houses in Detroit. The government should not be propping up products with tax payer money. Stay out of it and let the free market determine if it is a good product or not.

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      1. Here’s a thought to toss out there. What ? Have you noticed that where “electric” vehicles are concerned there’s NO CHIP SHORTAGE. To me it seems that ev’s are concerned there’s plenty of chips … but want one of the Silverado Reg Cab, Short Box WT trim pickups, or other models … nothing. GM confirmed that the reg can, short box would be available in the WT Trim level … nothing so far.

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    3. People can say what they want. If they feel it’s a waste of their tax dollars then that’s what they believe. This is a gm forum not rolls Royce you must be broke thinking people can’t afford a $40-60k vehicle. Have better ambitions in life.

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    4. @ Sonicfan
      I agree people can’t afford it that’s exactly why the government is giving out incentives you hit that right on the head.

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      1. Here’s a thought … where’s the computer “chip” shortage on ev’s ? Seems that both Ford & GM hasn’t a single problem getting computer chips to build ev’s, or a $75K Corvette or Mustang … want something else, forget it there’s a “chip” shortage !

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      2. Obviously, it’s political when gov’t gives incentives to buy a private enterprise product. Just like solar panels…

        Election year… all the rats like Whitmer will offer something to change the sheeple minds and forgive the last couple of years serious damage they caused. Or redirect the sheeple away from the damage, give incentives…yeah that works.

        But, govt incentives = tax payers hard work cash to pay these incentives despite income level as mentioned here.

        ELECTION YEAR…..

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    5. As long as the tax credit goes to only Michigan built EVs

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    6. Agreed … and has the thought crossed your mind yet that where “electric vehicles” of every type that GM & Ford want to build has no problem finding “computer chips” to build them with ? I want one of the “promised” … regular cab, short box, two wheel drive WT Trim pickups with just a few options that the “build your own” was suppose to start last week was written about was to start … nothing on that … but want an EV, as they say on Price is Right … (Name) Come on Down !

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    7. How can a person with the name sonicfan which is some cheap crappy $17k car that got canceled tell people what they can afford? You definitely are a bum.

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  2. I don’t think Michigan should do it, but why not restrict it to cars built in Michigan at least? It is Michigan tax dollars paying so it should be Michigan labor that benefits.

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  3. Carlos Taveres says an EV doesn’t become carbon neutral until driven 44,000 miles due to the battery carbon footprint. EVs will not be affordable without government rebates. Mild hybrid or PHEVs would have been wiser in the medium term.
    And generating all this power will be a nightmare. Clean coal will never be an option!

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    1. Wondering if Mr. Taveres shouldn’t extend that carbon neutral mileage statement by quite a lot ? Didn’t see any mention of the huge amount of Copper these EV’s require nor the Nickel for the Chinese-made batteries. Talk to an electrician and see what is going on with Copper prices !

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  4. The real elephant in the room that everyone seems to ignore is the electricity that needs to be produced to charge these vehicles. My neighbour is an engineer for Altalink in Alberta and we live on a small court with 11 houses. He said if everyone on this court had an EV we would need 2 more transformer boxes just to power the cars. There’s only one on our court right now. Alberta had a cold snap just before Christmas that last into the new year, approximately 3 weeks of -30 degrees Celsius. A guy who owns a Tesla Model 3 at my son’s business was only getting 130-145 miles per charge during this cold snap. He was charging his car every 3rd day. I live in Alberta but I do believe Michigan can get pretty cold.

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    1. Charging at home is similar to running an electric dryer. You don’t have to charge daily. Unless you’re driving the range of the car daily you might only charge a couple of hours a day or once a week.

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      1. Put an extra electric dryer in everyone’s house and see what happens to the electric grid. EV’s get crap mileage when it’s cold outside, proven fact. The weather stats in Michigan show that between November and April it’s possible to never see plus temperatures!! In order for EV’s to fulfill their target numbers they need to be in a warm climate. Once you introduce them to a rollercoaster temperatures they’re all over the map in terms of mileage. Would you rather charge your vehicle or heat your house….. and don’t think it won’t happen.

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        1. So why are all of these people talking about EV’s when they have clearly not owned one nor do they know or understand the “facts” around them. I do and have had one for quite some time. Charging happens at midnight to 4 AM when no one else is using the grid. I do get about a 20% drop in the winter due to the temperatures but since I get 3X the village that a ICE would get that is reasonable. And where the hell do you live in MI that it never gets over 0 degrees. I live here and it was quite warm in December with above 0 temperatures almost every day. The forecasts having it above freezing for next week as well. Actually the electrification of transportation is happening a LOT faster than they expected just 5 or 6 years ago. That is why GM is scrambling. This is going to happen and fast. If you are standing on the rail road tracks when a train is coming you can just wish it away…….

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      2. Hogwash, you don’t run your 220V electric clothes dryer all night in every house on the block. Then there’s the “draw” on the electrical grid on 90 degree Summer days when everyone’s A/C is humming trying to make the house livable. Another non-reality comment from another EV fan-boy.

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        1. Well Billj598 my frequent comments apparently haven’t sunk in yet.

          There is no problem running an electric Dryer in every house over the midnight hours – of course it would be decades in the future before actually EVERY house has one. But such activity maximizes the value of the existing infrastructure and makes the Central Stations last longer, since the loading will be more consistant over any 24 hour period.

          As far as too many people recharging during the worst time of day, on the worst day of the year, a 95 degree August 1st – most people purchasing LARGE evs or multiple evs will go to time of day metering to get discount rates at times when the supply is easily available.

          It even benefits those who for Religious Reasons will NEVER puchase a plug-in car as the inflation-adjusted rates will decrease due to increased sales otherwise.

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  5. I completely disagree with taxing one guy and giving their money to another guy as an incentive to do something a public official wants.

    If Gretchen wants folks to buy EVs, she can subsidize their purchase from her own pocket as an inducement but don’t ask me to pay taxes then give my money away to someone else.

    I’d like to see a class action lawsuit on this and see if the courts feel this is an appropriate use of a state’s taxing authority. This is not taxation for the public good or for the community’s collective needs; it’s taxing so as to elicit behavior a public official deems to be wanted and to aid General Motors.

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    1. It’s stealing from the poor to subsidize the rich. Unfortunately many states have already been doing something similar by adding a surcharge on utility usage for all customers to fund their electrical efficiency rebates on things like heat pumps, solar, and hybrid water heaters installed or purchased from select contractors, so a case for a lawsuit may be difficult in some areas. I don’t agree with it as well.

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    2. It’s worse than that. It’s the trickle up currency debasing, that pre-selected Tesla as the market winner, for investment that has the incumbent OEMs scrambling to be the next favored step-child.

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  6. What a joke. Give you a one time rebate and then charge you double for license plates because you drive ev. Everybody needs to wake up and see ev’s for what they are. They’re a big money grab/job killer allowing big brother to have more control. They are selling ev’s way to hard. If they were good they’d sell themselves.

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    1. Unfortunately for the rest of us, there are no fuel taxes collected on EV’s to help pay for Roadway Maintenance expense.

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      1. Agreed ! In NC no road taxes are collected either. I sent my NC House (not DC House) of Representatives a e-mail that it’s wrong not to collect taxes as is on gasoline (.83 cents per gal in NC) alone. My co-worker drives a Silverado pickup, take close to 2 tanks a week for him to drive from home to work (about 90 miles a day) and his 34 gallon tank collects $28.22 in taxes w/each fill up … that’s $56.44 cents a week from just (1) gas vehicle. My response back … seems NC is going to put a $500 tax on each EV per year … my response, NOT ENOUGH, a minimum of $1,200.00 per year … and that’s still less $1,509.12 less than my co-worker pays in taxes for what is still “crappy” roads to drive on. And out of state EV owners would still pay nothing, they should pay at the charger like anyone else at a rate equal to .83 cents per gallon.

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        1. Your co-worker has a choice to drive a more efficient vehicle, so they don’t have to fill up twice a week or get a job that isn’t 90 miles away round trip. Their drive is way above average for commuting. They’re spending over $800 a month on fuel costs.

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          1. This is about unfair taxes … it’s totally unfair that EV drivers can recharge and not pay one thin dime in taxes, not one. If you drive a car with a 12 gallon tank like I do you’re still paying .83 cents a gallon in fuel tax to pay for road construction and maintenance which works out to about $10 a week … while again a EV driver pays nothing … I’d like to go to the grocery store and pay ZERO in sales taxes because I drove a EV … now do you get the message. And as for a 90 mile round trip drive a day … when I was in the NC Legislature I did it … I liked living indoors and eating regular. You drive where the jobs are.

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            1. Some places already charge a fee on the registration for an EV to make up for the loss of fuel taxes.
              That seems like a fairly easy solution to your concern.

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            2. In Ohio, I pay a $200 EV tax when I renew my plates regardless of how much I drive my car working from home.

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      2. EV owners pay a flat surcharge on our registration to offset our failure to pay fuel tax. I crunched the numbers, and in my particular case, the surcharge is more than I would pay in fuel taxes if I drove a similar-size gasoline-powered car.

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  7. It just amazes me if something is so great why dose the government hincentives to make somebody purchase it

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  8. Grubby Gretchy & EV’s. What could go wrong? LOL

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  9. Why all the hatred and this despicable negativism. this is really disgusting. Most of us just want to come to this site to enjoy talking about cars. Instead we encounter this utter trash. If the site can’t get this crap cleared up I for one will find another site that talks about cars instead of the hate they feel for pretty much everything in the world.

    The moderators need to decide what kind of a site they want. If this is their goal this is prety much what they are going to end up with.

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    1. To be fair, this is an article about tax rebates, not any particular car.
      If you want everyone on the Internet to agree with you, you’re going to have a bad time.

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  10. You’re right John. I’m guilty of this at times. The site is to share positive thoughts on our cars. Just a little tough at times when I know frist hand what the government is doing to direct our Freedom’s and choices. Living in California I see it everyday. But I will put up with it because I can drive my car almost every day on beautiful Backroads.
    On a positive note, I just installed my attack blue air filter in my C8 and it was very easy for the people that are on the fence about doing it themselves. Thanks again John for the great comment. Tom C.

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  11. Chris, Thank Goodness Global Warming is coming next year. Maybe Northern states will copy Caliphoneyans and start living in their cars and peeing in the streets. The governor of Michigan is just trying to get jobs for the mobs, so they will be busy during the summer of 2023.

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  12. Chris, Thank Goodness Global Warming is coming next year. Maybe Northern states will copy Caliphoneyans and start living in their cars and peeing in the streets. The governor of Michigan is just trying to get jobs for the mobs, so they will be busy during the summer of 2023.

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