Toyota Offers Free EV Charging To bZ4X Buyers just As the $7500 Tax Credit Runs Out - are the two things connected?
‘s numbers are right and Toyota sells approximately 10,000 plug-in hybrids every quarter as it is, the company may hit that 200,000 mark before the first Toyota bZ4X BEVs reach customers.
That’s not to say that bZ4X buyers will get nothing from the government when they buy their cars, just less. It works like this: the full $7,500 credit is available until the end of the quarter when the 200,000-unit mark is hit, and for two following quarters. After that, tax credit drops to $3750 for the next two quarters, then down to $1875 for another two quarters. After that, there will be no more tax credits Toyota-branded electrified vehicles.
How that will impact sales of Toyota’s first mainstream BEV crossover is anyone’s guess, but the association with EVGo seems to indicate that Toyota realizes this might become a problem in the near term. Another indication that Toyota is thinking ahead is the alliance with Subaru and, to a lesser extent, Mazda.The Subaru Solterra EV is a mechanical twin to the Toyota bZ4X electric crossover
, but – because it’s being sold as a Subaru – the Solterra will still be eligible for the full $7500 tax credit long after its Toyota-badged siblings. The same will probably also be true of the upcoming Mazda CX-50 hybrid and future Mazda BEVs,
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