Good luck getting a state rebate on your new electric car
Quick Take
California’s electric car rebate program is designed to steer consumers toward clean, environmentally friendly vehicles. Unfortunately for buyers, it’s confusing, unpredictable and underfunded.
Sam Dudley of Encino knows that California government has gone all in on zero-emission vehicles. So has he. He’s all about cutting back on greenhouse gases.
In May, Dudley splurged on a new electric car, a metallic black Chevy Bolt EV LT. He loves it.
But now it’s July, and the after-school program director, 35, wonders when the state will make good on the EV-incentive rebate money it owes him.