Anyone else applied for EV credit in CA in the past 3 months? I’m sharing my wait time experience… Welcome anyone else post their own experience to share with non-ev owners who are interested.
I bought a Bolt from chevysalesgirl (Trish) on 11/8/2017.
Applied for the EV credit that same night but application was not approved until 11/29
Today is 1/8/2018 and still nothing…
Got a Honda Clarity on Dec. 5, 2017 for my mom. Applied for the rebate the same day. Got an approval on Jan 5, 2018. Looks like it takes up to 90 days for them to mail the rebate check.
The other issue that comes and goes with the California EV rebate, is that the rebate money has to be allocated by the state government. If the till is empty (and it gets this way at times) you’ll have to wait for the legislation to fund (refund) the EV rebate money.
Those who applied, quick question - do you have to scan or are pictures of the documents good enough. Also, the tax form they are requesting - do I just fill out the top portion and they fill out the rest?
I scanned mine in, but I’m sure if you wanted to take a picture, make sure they look like scanned copy. They won’t be able to tell given the smartphone photo quality is so high. I didn’t have to turn in my tax return so I’m not sure what you’re referring to.
I submitted the app the day I got the car since I was worried that CA could run out of money. Yes I was actually surprised by how fast the check came after we got the approval. You’ll get an email notification when they mail out the check.