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Senate Committee Approves $2,500 Federal Tax Credit For Electric Two-Wheelers

Posted August 08, 2012 8:36 AM

From Autoblog:

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee approved a federal tax credit worth 10 percent of the price of electric bikes and motorcycles, up to a maximum of $2,500.

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08/08/2012 8:59 AM

would they include segways?

or does this just pertians to on road vehicles?

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08/09/2012 2:03 AM

If it can pertain to golf carts (per the article) then a Segway has to be in the game as well.

Segway is a road vehicle.

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08/09/2012 12:04 AM

This was passed for the senators that need to have help navigating around the halls of washington with electric scooters, they are discouting the 3rd wheel to hold them up since most of the time they are balancing on 2 wheels. They are just such a waste of a human body.

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08/09/2012 12:54 AM

Now we can pay taxes funding an alternative to what are already, as a whole, the highest mileage, most efficient, and least polluting ICE vehicles on the road. Absolutely brilliant!

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