Does the tax credit apply? A $2500 to $7500 check from the feds will certainly take some of the sting off. Then unscrew the if you live in a state with rebates like California or Massachusetts, they have their own rebates.

Then if you factor in that you aren't going to have to spend $6,000 in engine upgrades to Stage IV just to get decent performance out of it...

Meh. Maybe the true cost of ownership won't be all that much higher than a regular Harley, but it's not a regular Harley, so... Well, it's not available for another 9 months or so, so I guess I'll wait for the owner reviews before bothering thinking about it any further.

 

I thought it didn't, but have not personally researched that fact.

 

I'm intrigued by electric cars and motorcycles. Have been looking at them for several years (almost converted a 1988 Chevy Sprint to an electric car many years ago but just as I started to pull stuff together I took a job overseas).

My problem is for $29,000 I can buy a Nissan Leaf with similar range that I can drive in any weather or a Zero DSR for $18,000 and they will use the Level II charging station at my office. (livewire will plug into the Level II station but charges at Level I speeds.

 

I'm pretty sure the tax credit for electric motorcycles ended in 2016. There are state incentives if you live in CA, MA, or MD.

 

According to Autoblog, the fed rebate is 10% of base price or $2500, whichever is less.

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/01/07/...e-price-range/

A commenter said the rebate expired in 2017.

 

There are no electric motorcycles on the federal list for tax credits.

https://fueleconomy.gov/feg/taxevb.shtml

Which is strange because all the requirements I read for the law say electric vehicle and don't seem to exclude motorcycles. Also the motorcycles have large enough battery pack to qualify.

 

and you can't check now either. The government shutdown, the bastards also shutdown their websites. Like it needs someone in an office to run.

I wanted one so badly. But for that price no way. A single seat short range for the price of a full size pickup? nope. I was first on the list at my dealer here and have removed my name.

 

Where are you finding a full sized pickup for $29,000?

Although for the same price as the Livewire you could buy any of several electric cars with the same or greater range, those cars would qualify for the $7,500 tax rebate and have lots of nice creature comforts like heat, A/C, power windows, stereo, ect.....