Want to get an EV with impressive federal tax rebates? Best hurry, the current federal administration pulled the plug on the tax incentives and will end the program on September 30.

Jim Keyes, salesman at Van Bortel Chevrolet in Macedon, the first vehicle dealer in Wayne County to offer EVs, reported that sales of EVs have definitely picked up in the past three months, in anticipation of the federal rebates being eliminated at the end of September.

“We do anticipate sales on electric vehicles to drop after the end of the rebate on September 30, 2025,"
said Keyes. 

The federal rebates on new EVs had been $7500. New York State still offers  a $2,000 rebate and that looks like it will continue, as well as a continuation of dealer rebates. 

Used electric vehicles were given a federal rebate of $4,000. That will also disappear at the end of September.

“We will have to wait to see what the manufacturer plans to do after September to encourage EV sales,” Jim noted.

Sales manager Chris Schwalbach at Tradition Automotive in Newark says EV Sales have remained  steady over the last year, and expects the market for them will remain.

As for the federal rebate going away, Schwalbach said “At this point, it looks like nothing is changing with New York, and the manufacturer is going to continue to support the consumer as well.”