What sort of vehicle do you want?
You can get a fully electric car or pickup; new models of these typically go at least a couple of hundred miles on a charge. Or you can get a plug-in hybrid; these go from 30 to 50 miles on a charge and then run on gasoline like a Prius. PlugStar has a webpage that lets you specify things about the sort of car you'd like, and shows you the available new cars that match your choices. The Department of Energy has a page including older models as well as new ones and lets you compare the costs and emissions of driving them the way you would, using our local costs for fuel and electricity. (Its results for the total costs of ownership over time assume that you're getting a loan to buy the cars... It uses state wide values for electricity emissions; to use values roughly like our local utility's in 2023, you can say you're in Georgia.)
What incentives are available?
Currently, you can get a Federal tax credit of up to $7,500 when you buy most new plug-in cars, and a credit of up to $4,000 when you buy most used ones from a dealer. (These may well be reduced or eliminated early by President Trump's administration.) The IRS has a webpage with the details about the rules for new cars, and one with the details for used cars. The DOE has a page that lets you look up particular models to see the credit for which they're eligible. You should get a Time of Sale report from the dealer to file with your taxes.
Note that the rules for new cars about final assembly, critical minerals and battery components don't apply if you're leasing the car, since the dealer is actually buying it, and those rules don't apply to commercial vehicles. If you're not going to owe enough on your income taxes to use the full credit, you might want to transfer it to the dealer and get it deducted from the price, since the dealer can certainly use the full credit.
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