Electric Desperation: Tesla and Ford Urge Buyers to Act Fast as $7,500 EV Tax Credit Is Set to Expire

Breitbart ^ | 13 Jul 2025 | LUCAS NOLAN

[Mr. Mojo]

With the impending expiration of the $7,500 EV tax credit, Tesla and Ford are desperately pushing potential buyers to make their purchases before the September 30 deadline. Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has ended the EV handout, much to the dismay of Elon Musk, Ford, and others trying to sell EVs to Americans who have not embraced the technology.

Business Insider reports that the race is on for automakers to sell as many EVs as possible before the $7,500 tax credit, a crucial incentive for buyers, comes to an end on September 30. President Donald Trump’s recently passed Big Beautiful Bill is set to eliminate this subsidy, which has played a significant role in making EVs more attractive to consumers.

In response to the looming deadline, Tesla and Ford are taking proactive measures to capitalize on the last-minute surge in demand. Tesla’s website prominently features a banner warning potential buyers about the expiring tax credit and urging them to take delivery by the end of September. Elon Musk’s EV giant is also reportedly sending out emails to would-be customers, emphasizing the importance of completing their purchases before the deadline to qualify for the $7,500 discount.

[MinorityRepublican]

I believe electric cars will be a huge part of the future, but not with the current crop of batteries.

We will eventually have nuclear plants everywhere. And yes, all cars will be electric.

The thing is that it may take us 100 years to do that.

France is ahead of us. They get % of their energy from nuclear.

[gw-ington]

If you have to offer a $7500 tax credit to buy a product what does that tell you about it?

If he were smart Elon would be trying to sell Tesla. Toyota is getting ready to come out with a hydrogen driven vehicle.

Exactly.

I think American-made Tesla self-driving EVs are total garbage. Toyota is the way to go!

Avoid American-made products! BUY FOREIGN! Down with America! UP with foreign countries! The true Freeper Way! WOO-HOO! ...

P.S. I'm a true conservative who knows President Reagan was one of our greatest Presidents. I'm also a huge fan of President Washington. But I think now is the time for all Americans to stop buying American and start buying foreign products. I love the direction this thread is heading in! ... I'm finding myself totally agreeing with everyone on this thread ...

[gw-ington]

I love my old gas buggy...

1900: I love my old horse...

[gw-ington]

The majority of Americans didnt want ev.

1900: The majority of Americans didnt want gas-powered automobiles.

[Rinnwald]

The UK and continental Europe is still stuck on stupid where EVs are concerned

The Euros are lemmings for leftist diktats. Not that long ago, they were all in on diesel cars.

[Menehune56]

70%

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france

[CIB-173RDABN]

1900: Why would anyone buy a gas-powered automobile is beyond me. Transportation by horse is where it’s at!

Sound familiar?

Apples and oranges.

The automobile solved several problems

” According to the 89th Annual Report of the Board of Health, nearly 500 tones of horse manure were collected from the streets of New York every day, produced by 62,208 horses living in 1,307 stables. The manure, along with human waste, was deposited on Barren Island, where it was converted into fertilizer in a process said to be “not inoffensive” to residents on the Long Island shore.”

EV are not environmental friendly even while claiming to solve a problem that does not exist (man made climate change).

The automobile (and trucks) opened up America. EVs will never be more then expensive golf carts.

[adorno]

Multiple companies big and small are working on the development of better batteries and some have cracked the trick to mass producing them.

That sounds exactly like the same kind of rhetoric I hears some 20 years ago. Promises keep people hoping that there will be massive improvements, but in the end, it's only the promises that keep getting updated.

All the big car companies have a deal with some battery developer with licensing arrangements for when they begin to be mass produced.

So, some unnamed, mystery company, has a better battery coming soon? It's just another promise to keep people guessing and hoping, but no real stuff for people to grab on to.

This is no longer pie in the sky.

Cake in the sky, perhaps? I like cake with ice cream.

Toyota is already offering full electric in their Luxury Line but that’s still the old Battery Technology.

I have a Lexus, driven by gas. When I visit the Lexus dealer for my regular maintenance, I ask the salespeople about their EV sales, and they never want to talk about it. Nice looking vehicles, though.

The new batteries will be smaller lighter safer charge faster and last longer and many companies have breakthroughs in this area.

The promised, mysterious battery. More like the unicorn driven batteries, which will last forever and keep a charge that goes around the world, and will cost next to nothing.

At this point it’s more of a trick to pick out which company is going to grab most of the market the quickest.

Doubtful that any company that wants a profitable and secure future, is going to do the same things that are losing them money by the billions every year. I think they've learned their lessons of the past 10-20 years, and also know the meaning of 'insanity'.

[gw-ington]

I bet there are thousands of Tesla buyers....that changed their mind...and will never buy Tesla...and millions of owners who say they will never buy again.

Agreed. That too is the only way I buy any product: I always find out what the manufacturer's CEO recently said or did. If I don't like what the CEO recently said or did, then I don't buy his company's product. I even follow that method for buying a package of cookies at the local grocery store or a shirt at the nearby department store. (However, I do waste a tremendous amount of my time constantly reading about what all the various manufacturers' CEOs say or do, but overall I think it's a pretty good way of making purchase decisions.)

I couldn't care less about doing any product comparisons. I just base my product purchase decisions on what the company's CEO says or does. I'll buy literally any product ... just as long as the company's CEO doesn't say or do anything that might personally offend me in some way. I'm a very sensitive person. Come to think of it, I'm kind of a snowflake that way. Oh well.

[adorno]

Did Ford have to bribe people to buy his Model T? Did the manufacturer of the first refrigerator have to bribe buyers? People know a good thing when they see it.

I know what you're getting at. But, you're talking about apples vs oranges.

Nee never been seen before products or gadgets, will automatically have people adopting them.

Refrigerators and air conditioners did not have competition when they first came out. The Model-T did not have competition when it first came out. EVs are the smae as what existed before, but powered differently. The old vehicles were better than the EVs when they first came out, and EVs lost the race over 100 years ago. EVs are still not competitive, and they only gained some popularity because of the left's demonizing of fossil-fuels.

[Williams]

Try Quantumscapes (QS) they have a development deal with Volkswagen.
Not an unnamed company.

[gw-ington]

Take a look at companies like Quantumscapes. I never hear anything about Elon planning to graduate to the new batteries that are being developed maybe it’s too early or maybe he’s just keeping it quiet but I can’t believe he doesn’t realize that he will not be selling cars with these giant heavy batteries five years from now. Maybe even 3 years from now.

That's very true. I think Musk is a complete moron. But some people angrily respond and say, Well if he's such a moron, how is he launching rockets and sending U.S. astronauts to the space station? And being the smart person I am, I always respond, "Musk just got lucky with the rockets. Anyone can create rockets and launch U.S. astronauts into outer space. Musk is a total imbecile." (And that always shuts up the Musk promoters real fast.)

[dznutz]

Electric vehicles (EVs) typically cost more to insure than comparable gasoline-powered cars. This is primarily due to the higher purchase price of EVs, the potentially higher cost of repairs (especially battery replacements), and the specialized labor required for servicing them.

With all of the spontaneously combusting EV’s, I wonder how much home insurance has gone up due to torched garages and homes?

[Williams]

I assume he’s aware of the new battery developments but if he started discussing that he wouldn’t be able to move his current inventory.

[adorno]

EVs lost out to ICE vehicles over 100 years ago.

EVs are still losing to ICE vehicles more than 100 years later.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

[Texas Eagle]

Refrigerators and air conditioners did not have competition when they first came out. The Model-T did not have competition when it first came out.

But they did eventually. Have refrigerators or air conditioners or toasters or toasters ovens or microwave ovens or televisions or radios or the thousands of everyday household items we now take for granted ever depended on bribery to maintain its existence.

We shall soon find out if electric vehicles can provide for itself or if it has live with mommy and daddy for the rest of its life.

[SaxxonWoods]

“EVs lost out to ICE vehicles over 100 years ago.

EVs are still losing to ICE vehicles more than 100 years later.”

The best product wins, always.

[linMcHlp]

Ford EV batteries explained:

https://www.powerfordnm.com/blogs/2553/ev-battery-cell-types-components-structure-guide/

[gw-ington]

Toyota is the leader in hybrids, and now, most other carmakers are going in that direction.

I think hybrids are the way to go. Two separate drivetrains in one car. It's a brilliant idea. When you have two separate drivetrains in the same car, it just makes total sense that your maintenance costs will therefore be half of what they normally were if you instead bought an EV or a gas-only car. I've been advising people for years - buy the car that has two different drivetrains. It's just common sense. (If they sold a car with three different drivetrains in the same car, I would buy that.)

Also: Buy foreign! Buy Toyota. Avoid Tesla's American-made cars. And I really like President Trump's idea that he's going to seriously look into kicking Musk out of the U.S. and send him back to South Africa where he belongs. Down with American innovation! Trump's got the right idea.

Here's my prediction: First, the EV industry will collapse. Then the hybrid industry will collapse. The end result will be 100% gasoline-powered automobiles forever. Victory!

[gibsonguy]

Nothing wrong with hybrid, “

Sure there is. Two power sources means many more points of failure. Relax the absurd CAFE standards and ICE vehicles become very simple and very reliable.