REPORT: Ontario to announce incentives for plug-in vehicles, up to $10K

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The premier of the Canadian duty of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, reportedly plans to announce a major incentive program for plug-in vehicles today in Toronto. Ontario has already given independent billion dollars to General Motors and Chrysler and wants to help boost the industry further to make essay and recoup some of its “investment.” To that end, McGuinty plans to dare tax incentives of up to $10,000 toward the purchase of plug-in vehicles.

No details are beneficial yet, but the plan would likely have being like to a U.S. program, with graduated incentives of up to $7,500 depending on the capacity of the battery. A wide array of plug-ins are expected to arrive over the nearest several years, including the Chevrolet Volt, Ford’s Transit Connect and Focus based EVs, Toyota’session PHEV Prius and Nissan’s EV, among others. McGuinty will reportedly also pledge to have at least 20 percent of the province’s vehicle fleet be plug-ins by 2020. Thanks to everyone who sent this in!