by
NHLiveFree
Aug 09, 2012
Understood now. I think the maximum tax credit was $7500.00 and it was on your federal tax filing the next year. The car makers didn't do it as a rebate program. The amount of the credit also dropped in steps as each car maker made higher sales of alternative energy powered vehicles. The Prius was the first model on which credits ended before the end of the program.