Chicagoland area

[DougWantsALeaf]

Redleaf,

I thought even if you move your ev to a normal plate, it's still $251. By car model. Is that not accurate.

[redLEAF]

Yes -- it's a $100 surcharge if the IL SOS sees that the powertrain is electric - regular ICE plates are $151 (no vanity or special series ones) - one thing that folks who transfer 'normal' non EV specific plates think is that they'll escape the EV fee surcharge but it will catch up when it gets renewed - sometimes we've even heard that if they renew regular plates before a plate transfer to an EV they may even send them another 'bill' for the EV aspect but just hearsay at this (but I wouldn't be surprised) -- other states are starting to add surcharges for EV's even though they still make up a small percentage of car registrations -- easy targets unfortunately. Here is what TX has done:

https://insideevs.com/news/668143/texas ... istration.

[redLEAF]

Looks like the IL EV rebate program got some more funding!

As before it's $4,000 on new and used EV's - new applications open October 18 and the funding cycle is November 1 to January 31.

Nice incentive for IL residents thinking about a new or used EV - especially those with limited purchasing means (as before lower income applicants receive funding priority).

More details can be found on this link -

https://epa.illinois.gov/topics/ceja/el ... bates.html

[redLEAF]

Great article on the IL EV rebate program stats - based on how many I've seen on the road the 'take' rate must be a bit lower to use non-EL vanity, special and regular plates as IL is close to 80K registered EV's now (recently saw 798xx EL for instance). In any case highest number awarded (no surprise) went to Tesla's ... Nissan wasn't even mentioned. For those on a budget and getting a used EV the $4K could come in handy.

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/artic ... available.