Colorado tax credit gives $42,000 discount on Tesla Roadster

[jaaX3]

Colorado tax credit gives $42,000 discount on Tesla Roadster - The Denver Post

If you're in the market for a Euro-style sports car but don't want to increase your carbon footprint, there are at least 42,000 reasons why you may want to consider a Tesla Roadster.

Thanks to a tax credit for alternative- fuel and zero-emission vehicles that has existed for 10 years, Colorado residents who buy the new $109,900 Roadster electric sports car before Dec. 31 can get an estimated $42,083 back from the state, equating to a 38.6 percent discount. That amount is 85 percent of the difference between the price of a new Tesla Roadster and the price of a comparable liquid-fuel automobile, in this case a Lotus.

Read more at the link above. Wow, I wish I could get one of these.

[motordavid]

That's CO citizens' dough subsidizing that car...

[rayxi]

I wonder how they determine which is the "comparable car" when calculating the tax credit.

[m5james]

They broke two of those cars on Top Gear. Still roasted an Elise off the line though.

[Tleong]

Originally Posted by m5james

They broke two of those cars on Top Gear.

. Sounds like a toy my baby cousins would play with.