State and Private Consumer Incentives for Plug-In Vehicles

Many states offer their own consumer incentives for plug-in vehicles, such as HOV lane exemptions and tax credits/rebates, as shown in the table below. In some states there are also private incentives offered, typically by utility companies that offer lower electric rates for vehicle charging through the installation of a secondary meter.

While the states that offer incentives are scattered throughout the U.S., those states along the West Coast and in the Southern and Eastern portions of the U.S. tend to offer incentives while the Western Plain states and New England do not, as shown in the map below.