Tax credit for Hybrid Maverick?

[Scupking]

No tax credits for hybrids. It needs to be a plug in hybrid or EV to get credits.

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[GPSMan]

Tax credits are for EARLY ADOPTERS.

This style of Hybrid debuted in Japan in 1996 and in the USA in late 1999.

So no.

 

[LSchicago]

Tax credits are for EARLY ADOPTERS.

This style of Hybrid debuted in Japan in 1996 and in the USA in late 1999.

So no.

Not true. Many Plug in hybrids are eligible for a tax credit. Standard hybrids like the Maverick are not. The rules change yearly on this.

 

[ClemsonU88]

Less gas used, less ethanol used. You can bet there are a couple of farmer's organizations that fighting hybrid vehicles. Turning FOOD (corn) into fuel makes no sense at all. We condemn the Russians AND RIGHTLY SO about holding up wheat distribution, but we burn corn in our vehicles.
Oh well, somebody has to pay for those new houses, motorhomes, boats and winters in Arizona.

I don't believe corn grown & used for Ethanol is fit for human consumption. And from what I've heard it's hard on the soil it's grown in...It depletes the nutrients & minerals quickly.

 

[GPSMan]

Ethanol is made from (mostly) surplus corn. It is not edible corn. It can be a year or 2 years old corn.

Then, only the starch is removed.
The protein, fat, and fiber comes out the back end and us used for cattle feed.

The cattle feed is calorie dense and nutrient rich. The cattle feed is concentrated and has more calories per ton than whole kernel corn.

The ethanol industry has not displaced any human grade food, or animal feed.

Due to improved planting and harvesting techniques the acres of corn planted is down by 15% compared to 1950 for example.

FWIW in a modern, well designed ethanol plant, 25,000 btu of fossil fuel is used to produce a 76,000 btu gallon of ethanol. It's for sure energy positive in a modern design, but as we all know, gasoline, dirty as it is, contains about 115,000 btu so pushes your truck more miles on a gallon.

Ethanol will not be able to replace gasoline, but it does make burning gasoline cleaner, because ethanol contains oxygen, and really nothing very hazardous. You can drink it. Diluted, it is safe for the environment too.

 

[TedTX]

No, and worse, you got to pay the state more because you are obviously trying to cheat them out of gas taxes,

 

[TedTX]

I don't believe corn grown & used for Ethanol is fit for human consumption. And from what I've heard it's hard on the soil it's grown in...It depletes the nutrients & minerals quickly.

There are multiple types of corn, human eat only one kind and a bit of another ( grits, some cornbread etc ) the other used 2 of 3 are much more widely used as a industrial base, ethanol is just one. Many former things made with a petroleum base where change to corn base in the past 30 years as technology advanced. We as a country excel at growing corn.

 

[LSchicago]

Ethanol is made from (mostly) surplus corn. It is not edible corn. It can be a year or 2 years old corn.

Then, only the starch is removed.
The protein, fat, and fiber comes out the back end and us used for cattle feed.

The cattle feed is calorie dense and nutrient rich. The cattle feed is concentrated and has more calories per ton than whole kernel corn.

The ethanol industry has not displaced any human grade food, or animal feed.

Due to improved planting and harvesting techniques the acres of corn planted is down by 15% compared to 1950 for example.

FWIW in a modern, well designed ethanol plant, 25,000 btu of fossil fuel is used to produce a 76,000 btu gallon of ethanol. It's for sure energy positive in a modern design, but as we all know, gasoline, dirty as it is, contains about 115,000 btu so pushes your truck more miles on a gallon.

Ethanol will not be able to replace gasoline, but it does make burning gasoline cleaner, because ethanol contains oxygen, and really nothing very hazardous. You can drink it. Diluted, it is safe for the environment too.

And it certainly makes great cheap race fuel. My Mustang is putting out 1,000+ crank HP on a stock engine thanks to E85 and boost. Yes the MPG sucks, but can't beat it for smiles per gallon.

 

[bearsfan647]

If it's for a business and put into service by the end of this year, you can take more than $18K in depreciation on it. That's assuming you only use the truck for business purposes and that you're willing to go with actual expenses after you fully depreciate the truck.

Actual expenses are actually pretty easy to track it you only pay for things with a credit card and use accounting software to track it.

I don’t think it’s that simple with the maverick.

 

[icegradner]

No, and worse, you got to pay the state more because you are obviously trying to cheat them out of gas taxes,

Depends on where you are I suppose. I get a rebate on my insurance for driving a hybrid.

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