Tesla Says To Get Your Orders In By The 15th To Ensure Delivery And Tax Credit By End Of Year

Tesla Inc. said orders for cars placed by Oct. 15 will be eligible for a full federal tax credit of $7,500 and these customers will get their cars delivered by the end of the year.

Under a major tax overhaul passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress late last year, incentives in the way of tax credits that lower the cost of electric vehicles are available for the first 200,000 such vehicles sold by an automaker. The tax credit is then reduced by 50 percent every six months until it phases out.

TomM - 10/12/2018 5:01:34 PM

+3 Boost

I wonder if that applies to all the BASE model 3 deposits they already have - HA HA.

SanJoseDriver - 10/15/2018 4:55:52 AM

+1 Boost

No, it won't. You can only order long range, AWD, and performance variants. $49k is the starting price to get the full rebates (making it ~$39k starting price).

SanJoseDriver - 10/19/2018 2:36:09 AM

+1 Boost

They are getting closer, they released a $45k model today that has 260 miles of range instead of 310 is slightly less fast.

mre30 - 10/12/2018 5:19:08 PM

+2 Boost

Not to be cynical, but I suspect this is a ruse to (futilely) juice the order banks and the "Deposit" (ahem, loan) coffers.