To start making a real dent in the market, Ms. Caldwell said, “electric vehicles still need to be subsidized for a significant amount of time.”<br />A slowdown in the country’s shift toward battery-powered vehicles could leave<br />the American auto market a global laggard, electric vehicle proponents warn.<br />Behind the Quiet State-by-State Fight Over Electric Vehicles -<br />By HIROKO TABUCHIMARCH 11, 2017<br />When Georgia repealed its generous $5,000 tax credit on electric vehicles in July 2015,<br />and instead slapped a $200 registration fee on electric cars, sales quickly tumbled.<br />There are also concerns among advocates of electric cars over the fate of a $7,500 federal tax credit on the vehicles, a major catalyst for sales.<br />In Colorado, a bill that would end income tax credits for owners of electric and alternative-fuel vehicles is working its way through the legislature.<br />And California’s Zero Emission Vehicle Program, which will soon require automakers to sell electric vehicles in nine other states<br />that have adopted California’s own stringent emissions rules, could also keep states on course.<br />In some states, there is a move to repeal tax credits for battery-powered vehicles or to let them expire.<br />“It’s baffling,” said Matt Jones, a Democratic state senator in Colorado, who opposes the move to repeal the tax credit.<br />In a close vote, also Feb. 28, Utah’s House of Representatives voted against extending the state’s<br />tax credit for electric vehicles after legislators there argued that those credits cost too much.
