October 15 is D-Day or is it?

The federal credit at $7,500 is a big incentive to buy an electric car and Tesla knows that. Its why they supposedly finagled their deliveries to insure that they can leverage the timing of the credits to expire and provide the most deliveries before that time. It also makes for a good marketing campaign on why you need to just pull the trigger. October 15 was the last day that they guarantee you will receive delivery on or before December 31, 2018 the last day before the $7,500 expires for Tesla produced electric cars.

No other manufacturer has gone through this process yet of the federal credits winding down so we will see just how important it was to the sales of Tesla.

Here is the phase down schedule:

Now here is the catch especially for those on the West Coast, deliveries on Long Range/Mid Range delivery timing is around 6-10 wks. So if your reading this today, you still might have a chance to take delivery before the new year and hey if not you'll at least still be good for the $3,750... 

Some things you might want to avoid if your trying to get within in this year would be taking delivery on the West Coast, Black Interior, Black Exterior, pickup at delivery center versus home delivery to speed up the process. Consult a sales advisor on the phone or in one of their stores to get a better understanding of timing if the full tax credit was really important to you.

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