Will my SE still quality for tax credit

That's like asking Motorport Network (InsideEVs parent) for a step by step detailed guide on wiring a 40A Level 2 EVSE.

 

Tell your friend just ordered bc $34500 is cheapest EV car and next year is nothing close to the price and this year he gets $7500 if he qualifies. Cobalt as we know is use for batteries is own by China in Congo which is the biggest producer in a world all this electric cars are going 25% in price and a smaller company’s with luxury brands going to bankrupt.

 

Tell him to buy one in one day on CARVANA use one for $ 40000 could be low milage 2000 miles

 

Not that it matters, because neither Chinese or British EVs will qualify next year, but I swear I have read in at least two places that the Chinese EVs are being made for the Chinese market for now, and the Mini EV will still be made in Oxford next year. Is there any definitive info anyone has to clarify this?

 

I would say journalists covering a particular field have an ethical obligation to provide as accurate and detailed information as possible. I for one would be terribly embarrassed if a bunch of "internet randos" did my job better than I did.

 

The Oxford plant will stop building EVs when (before) the built-in-China car is released. Precisely when, though, is unclear.

 

You’re not wrong…but when $7500 of tax impacts are at stake for me, I’m certainly not going to lean on the ‘ol “I read it on the interwebz, therefore it must be true” approach.

 

No dealers in USA are want to sell any EVs just Teslas are selling own cars without dealers involvement beating by value any manufacture Q2. 2022 258;580 units a Mini SE with 34000 world wide in 2021 no data for 2022

is no ethics in this world in journalism they try to keep a job to live and survive to put food on a table in 99%

 

To be clear, I was referring to the logical expectation that insideevs provide accurate, detailed information. It may not be the equivalent of, say, the "failing" NYTs, but IMO the same journalistic obligations apply.

IOW, either do your job to the best of your abilities (resources), or find something else to do with your time.

 

I don’t disagree. Yet, even strict adherence to the ethic of doing one’s job to the best one’s abilities or resources doesn’t necessarily apply when disciplines collide. I wouldn’t lean on an automotive journalist to take on the task of statutory construction and interpretation and to offer infallibly correct opinions on something as arcane and Byzantine as the US internal revenue code.

 

No one said that they needed to be infallible - just that they shouldn't dodge the question out of convenience.

 

Every description I read about the revised $7,500 tax credit says the dealer arranges for the credit at the time of the sale. Is that a purposeful snub of Tesla?

 

Rivian is now making the same offer of a binding contract to those who have pre-ordered.

It would be great if MINI would do the same, but I don't expect that will happen, as obviously domestic EV-only startups have a lot more skin in the game than a company that mostly sells ICE vehicles worldwide.

Looks like my plan B will have to be to order a Bolt then invest in handling upgrades...

 

What real reporting looks like:

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/hybrids-evs/electric-vehicles-that-qualify-for-new-ev-tax-credit-a9310530660/

(Last non-MINI specific post, I promise!)

 

Except the reporter left out a legitimate EV which should have been listed as not qualifying - the Mini Cooper SE!

 

So it’s a protectionist bill, but not really a climate-protectionist bill. Got it.

 

US congress likes to pass mega bills because of partisanship and constant bill blocking by the minority party. Canada has to write the bill in English and French so the mega bill would be double the length! This is the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and climate change "incentives" are bundled along with health care, tax reform, etc.

 

Yeah, I noticed that as well... the SE definitely flys under the EV radar (which to me is one of its appeals).

 

Still, I'm surprised with the very limited number of EVs sold in the US, that the august Consumer Reports would be working with an incomplete list. I just searched on consumerreports.org and could not find any mention of the MINI Cooper SE.

 

I've noticed the same omission by CE. I wonder if they don't deem it worthy due to range? I tweeted at the reporter recommending that they update the article to include the SE.