Model 3 owners, come hither. Gather 'round the light, 'for I have despairing news to tell. All your Model 3's got delayed. And this will not be the last time this happens.
Mine now says "Mid 2018". Before it used to say April-Jun 2018.
Mid-2018 for me. Honestly, I'm fine with that. As long as I get my tax credit I can wait until late 2018.
I bought a P100D exactly for this reasoning. The writing was on the wall.
ALSO HUGE NEWS - Tesla is running out of the $7500 tax credit and it may be completely removed for all companies by the government [Trump] starting 01/01/18.
You won't be getting a Tax credit. Tesla's allotment will be gone by then EVEN IF the government keeps the $7500 tax credit.
https://electrek.co/2017/11/02/electric-vehicle-tax-credit-expected-slashed-new-house-tax-bill/
It's now confirmed that a complete end of the tax credit by the end of the year is currently on the GOP's House bill.
Tesla has also utilized 140,000 of the 200,000 $7500 allotment. So if you are wanting to get this Tax Credit, you need to use it this year.
So only IF this tax bill passes. That's a huge IF, because right now it's looking like it won't pass
And where are you getting that their supply will run out? I've seen various estimates of how it will play out, so I don't think that's for sure..
You're also forgetting that Tesla only has an allotment of 200,000 cars that can get the $7500 tax credit which 140k has been utilized. This is a double edge sword.
200,000 allotment comes from the government when this tax credit was started. Each company was only allowed 200k cars to receive this tax credit, so Model 3 owners were never guaranteed to get it anyways depending upon their delivery date.
So What Does This All Mean?
If you are a Model 3 reservation holder living in the US and your completed purchase doesn't happen by either Q2 or Q3 of 2018, you most likely won't be able to take advantage of the full $7,500 tax credit. But you will still have several more quarters to take advantage of the reduced tax credit amounts of $3,750 or $1,875.
Because there are so many factors involved, including where you live and if you are already own a Tesla, it is hard to predict based on your reservation date or number when you will be able to configure your Model 3 — though, here is a delivery estimator from Teslanomics. If we assume that roughly 250,000 of the current reservation holders live in the US, it seems likely that all current US reservation holders would qualify for at least one of the three levels of the tax credit.
Right, but that's only IF the tax credit stays. All signs point to Republicans ending it. I'm just saying, don't expect to receive anything. If you do, great! Just keep that in mind.
The delay I can handle, but losing the EV credit would be unfortunate. A big reason I was going to jump in right away was the big rebate but if that's not going to happen then I may wait a couple years to see how the Model 3 shakes out.
I sincerely doubt Tesla will be offering any Model 3's for lease. The last time Tesla talked on the subject they stated they were focusing on sales and provided no definitive timeframe for a model 3 leasing program. I'd expect them to push back any lease program till late 2018 or 2019. Better start saving those dollars.Heavily banking on the $10k ($7,500 Fed, $2,500 State) being available when I get my car. I plan on leasing so that should take $10k off the price of the vehicle... Dammit.
You and me both. I'm a few years out from being able to afford one.fuck i want one. why did i have to get married and have kids? they take all my monies!
Performance is the major one for me. Along with the look.Can someone explain why the attention is with Tesla cars VS other electric cars? What is Tesla doing better?
Can someone explain why the attention is with Tesla cars VS other electric cars? What is Tesla doing better?
So since the tax reform has passed, does the EV credit still exist for next year?