WA State EV Sales Tax Exemption Updated

[Foxhound199]

They now have these numbers posted on the main DOL information page about the exemption.

WA State Licensing (DOL) Official Site: Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Plug-In Hybrids Washington State Tax Exemptions

 

[ChadS]

Great, thanks. 5,347 eligible PEVs titled in WA as of Aug 31. (Out of 7,500 available starting Jul 15 2015; numbers do not include the S and X which are not eligible). Will be interesting both to see much that number goes up when they post the Sep 30 numbers - and, how long it takes them to post the Sep 30 numbers.

 

[iwannam3]

We need to let Tesla know about the upcoming end of the program so they can push cars into Washington before it expires. If you have an S or X and are on the 3 list, contact your sales adviser to let them know the program is ending soon. I sent an email to corporate contacts on MYTESLA and emailed a SA that had tried to upgrade me to an S.

 

[melindav]

We need to let Tesla know about the upcoming end of the program so they can push cars into Washington before it expires. If you have an S or X and are on the 3 list, contact your sales adviser to let them know the program is ending soon. I sent an email to corporate contacts on MYTESLA and emailed a SA that had tried to upgrade me to an S.

I did send JonMc a message a couple weeks back outlining the tax exemption demise and recapping the past expediting of WA orders to get in before the previous exemption ended and he did send the following response back:

Hi Melinda -- thanks for your message. We've got a number of states and geographies to consider as we ramp production. The budget agreement in Washington may also raise the threshold. We'll keep a close eye on this for our Washington customers.
Thanks,
Jon​

 

[Foxhound199]

Hmm, with news from Elon that it might be December before we see the design studio open for non-employees, I'm getting a bit more nervous about this timeline. Does anyone know more about what Jon from Tesla was referring to regarding the budget deal possibly raising the threshold?

 

[Foxhound199]

Noticed something else new on the Department of Revenue site. Not a ton of new information, but this breaks down all the eligible vehicle sales by month. Gives a better idea of the rate they're approaching the cutoff.

https://dor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Docs/Pubs/Misc/DOLVehicleCount.pdf

 

[iwannam3]

Noticed something else new on the Department of Revenue site. Not a ton of new information, but this breaks down all the eligible vehicle sales by month. Gives a better idea of the rate they're approaching the cutoff.

https://dor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Docs/Pubs/Misc/DOLVehicleCount.pdf

I just did an Excel spread sheet with the data, but it did not allow an .xls file upload on the site.

 

[iwannam3]

I scanned the graph to a .pdf. Wild guess is March or April of 2018 to reach 7,500 unless there is a lot of year end discounts on Volt, Bolt, & Leaf. That assumes no Model 3 impact. If 300 Model 3s are sold in Jan and 300 in Feb the total would pass 7500 in Feb assuming 286 cars per month rate continues.

 

[nquery]

Nice. It looks like they included July 2016 to derive the 286 average but it is clearly not representing the changed law at only 79 vehicles. The numbers only really jump from August 2016. If you take the past 13 months back to then (excluding July 2016), the average is 301. There seems to be no exponential increase in the past year - very linear. So, excluding Model 3's, I think a 300/month projection is a good number to use - which takes us to early April as you suggested, with the tax exemption ending at end of May.

Hard to estimate how many model 3's would be sold in Washington before then - I guess there is a breakdown of tesla sales by state somewhere?? Though at the rate that M3 production is going, I don't think many people here are going to get a M3 before the tax exemption expires ...

 

[UZJedi]

Washington has a high concentration of Tesla owners and fans, second only to California. If the production ramp actually gets going, I expect the Model 3 to outpace the other combined electric vehicle purchases in the state and get us to 7500 much sooner than April. We could easily hit it in Jan and the tax exemption would end in Feb. My delivery estimate still says Dec-Feb. I am hopeful but also worried I won't make it in under the wire. Would be wonderful if Washington extended the exemption.

 

[vudupulz]

The numbers for September got updated today .
It’s 5678 now.

 

[melindav]

The numbers for September got updated today .
It’s 5678 now.

so 331 in September

 

[UZJedi]

My delivery estimate just got pushed back a month. This is expected following the quarterly earnings and model 3 production news today. Surprised it's only a month actually.

This obviously reduces our chances of benefiting from the WA tax exemption, but not by a ton considering the sale rate of other EVs.

 

[PLUS EV]

My delivery estimate just got pushed back a month. This is expected following the quarterly earnings and model 3 production news today. Surprised it's only a month actually.

This obviously reduces our chances of benefiting from the WA tax exemption, but not by a ton considering the sale rate of other EVs.

I guess you are just learning about Tesla Time.

 

[iwannam3]

Oct 21 data is 5,929 vehicles have used the sales tax exemption. They seem to be keeping pretty close watch on it now. A 251 increase over last month.

 

[iwannam3]

No update on the DOL website as of Dec 11, let's not wake them, maybe they won't update until after I get my M3......

A Bolt now could be $7,500 +$2,650 less than a Bolt in April if we loose the Fed and state by then.

 

[iwannam3]

Website just updated at 6,173 vehicles as of Nov 30th. 244 during the month of November.

 

[Foxhound199]

Nice, losing steam. I mean, I want EVs to sell well here, but I'd like my tax break first!

 

[iwannam3]

Nice, losing steam. I mean, I want EVs to sell well here, but I'd like my tax break first!

I would expect a rush of Bolt purchases to insure you get both the fed and state $ in December. I'm tempted, but the Tesla experience, both good and bad, will be a lot more interesting that a jolt from a Bolt.

 

[Foxhound199]

I would expect a rush of Bolt purchases to insure you get both the fed and state $ in December. I'm tempted, but the Tesla experience, both good and bad, will be a lot more interesting that a jolt from a Bolt.

Good news on that front: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/compromise-tax-bill-is-said-to-keep-wind-electric-car-credits-jb5dh81s