Provide plug-in vehicle grants and loans

Solution Details:

Pain Point:  High initial costs for the consumer

General Implementation Strategy:  Subsidize vehicle purchase costs

Primary Actors:  State Government

Other solutions to this pain point:

• City/regional/state rebate program for purchase/lease or retrofit of plug-ins
• Help to offset the cost of plug-in leasing using a buy down program
• Eliminate vehicle registration and license fees
• Eliminate DMV and registration fees
• Sales tax exemption
• Battery lease service
• Low interest leases for plug-ins
• Property tax reduction
• Low interest capital loans for plug-ins
• Implement car share model
• Home charging station warranty
• Pooled-purchase plug-in orders
• Government-sponsored battery warranty program
• Increase battery research funding
• Endorse national commitment to building domestic batteries
• Explore/support secondary battery markets
• Battery collection and recycling programs
• Work with academic institutions optimize performance and durability of batteries
• Light weight, aerodynamic vehicles
• Advances in battery technology
• Shorten expected lifetime of battery
• Match battery size with consumer driving habits
• State-level tax rebate program
• City financed lease buy-down program
• Federal or state feebates
• Remove tax barriers completely for plug-ins
• R&D and implementation incentives for conversion market
• Help consumers understand full life-cycle value of battery

Other solutions that fall into this general strategy:

• City/regional/state rebate program for purchase/lease or retrofit of plug-ins
• State-level tax rebate program
• City financed lease buy-down program
• Federal or state feebates
• Utility subsidy in exchange for smart charging
• Eliminate vehicle registration and license fees
• Remove tax barriers completely for plug-ins
• City/regional/state rebate program for purchase/lease of plug-ins
• Bundle key incentives at point of sale
• R&D and implementation incentives for conversion market

Other solutions for this primary actor:

• Provide grants to develop and deploy innovative plug-in technologies
• Support public school access to plug-in related studies
• Maximize the production of clean tech engineers, scientists and business leaders
• Invest in technical education and worker transition assistance for plug-in service people
• Provide infrastructure grants and loans
• CO2 tax and rebate system for vehicles
• Provide rebate to green developers and commercial retailers
• No-fee for updating registration, free emissions testing, etc.
• Provide insurance discount
• Public investments in plug-in infrastructure match private-sector investments or vice versa
• Have regional stakeholder group assist in the formation of similar groups on a state level
• City/state governments commit to buying/funding a certain number of plug-ins
• Welcome responsible use of conversions
• Incentivize/subsidize non-traditional OEMs
• Allow low speed plug-ins to operate within city
• Ensure plug-ins are used as high-profile vehicles
• Explore/support secondary battery markets
• Bundle key incentives at point of sale
• Eliminate DMV and registration fees
• Sales tax exemption
• Pooled-purchase plug-in orders
• State-level tax rebate program
• Federal or state feebates
• R&D and implementation incentives for conversion market
• Access to HOV lanes
• Provide a centralized hub for incentive information
• Big city decals, special license plates to show off

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