{"id":11813,"date":"2020-01-25T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2021-04-20T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:44:27","slug":"massachusetts-electric-vehicle-rebates-are-back-2500-for-full-electric-15000-for-plug-in-hybrids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/massachusetts-electric-vehicle-rebates-are-back-2500-for-full-electric-15000-for-plug-in-hybrids\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Electric Vehicle rebates are back &#8211; $2,500 for full electric, $1,500 for plug-in hybrids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It didn&#8217;t happen in time for the holidays as we were hoping it would, but just after the New Year, the Massachusetts legislature passed its supplemental budget. One of the items in the supplemental budget is <b>$27 million<\/b> in 2020 funding for the <b class=\"c\">MOR-EV rebate program <\/b> (<b>Massachusetts Offers Rebates for Electric Vehicle<\/b>), along with another $27 million in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 and 2019 alone, <b>134<\/b> Needham residents earned <b>$264,000<\/b> in rebates when they bought EVs or plug-in hybrids.<\/p>\n<p>The rebate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Drive-Green-pic-2-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>program is very straightforward. Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"c\">Battery Electric Vehicles<\/b> (BEVs) with a sales price under $50,000 are eligible for a <b class=\"c\">$2,500 rebate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b class=\"c\">Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles<\/b> (PHEVs) with a sales price under $50,000 and an all-electric range of 25+ miles are eligible for a <b class=\"c\">$1,500 rebate<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MOR-EV details are at the <a href=\"https:\/\/mor-ev.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Massachuestts MOR-EV web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/solarizeplus\/drive-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solarize Plus Drive Green page<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/greenenergyconsumers.org\/drivegreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drive Green<\/a> web site to learn more, research vehicles and get access to great pre-negotiated prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts MOR-EV program offers rebates for purchasing electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,294],"tags":[10,322],"class_list":["post-11813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drive-green","category-evs","tag-news","tag-resource"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}