Re: Tax credit? (was:RE: (ET) Think Spring)

["Paul Wood" <pw12423 earthlink net>]

You're quite right David,
The Plymouth TC3 EV I'm selling was such a "glider," I had a "fleet" of
them, in the '90's> Paul Wood (sold all but this one)
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Tax credit? (was:RE: (ET) Think Spring)


> On 7 Mar 2003 at 8:30, Phil Trice wrote:
>
> > Would an electric tractor qualify as
> > 'transportation'? Would a new battery pack (which I'd like, also) fall
> > in the permissible deductions?
>
> That'd be nice, wouldn't it?  Unfortunately, the answers are no and no.
>
> This deduction applies only to brand-new on-road vehicles.  It's also
> available only for those which have never been used as conventionally
> powered vehicles.  Thus, EV conversions don't qualify, unless they are
made
> from gliders purchased new from a vehicle manufacturer and never run on a
> public road before conversion.  Good luck finding such an EV these days.
>
> Practically speaking, these deductions are good only for the so-called
> "hybrid" Hondas and Toyotas -- rather odd, since those sold in the US use
> only gasoline.  They use no alternate fuel at all, and no electricity.
All
> their energy comes from gasoline.  As the makers are at great pains to
tell
> us, "you don't ever have to plug it in."
>
> I believe the deductions are also available for natural gas fueled
vehicles,
> but I'm not sure.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> 1991 Solectria Force 144vac
> 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
> 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
> 1974 Avco New Idea 36vdc
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