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Elaborate!

There are limits on number of cars from each manufacturer to qualify for rebate, I read that Tesla and GM have both passed that limit.

Certainly Musk/Tesla benefitted greatly from rebates early in his production, while other makers did not.

Musk was enjoying the sales benefit of rebates that came out of the pockets of other manufacturers because they weren’t producing enough EVs to satisfy gummint.

Note that credits were for plug-in vehicles, which hybrids were not for several years but Teslas by definition have to be.

Bizarre is California allowing EVs to use HOV lanes, which were set up to reduce number of vehicles on freeways by by motivating multiple occupancy.

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Yes, Tesla benefitted early on the rebates - because they were actually selling vehicles. Their rebates ran out, but the Rest of the World now has that advantage over Tesla. Each company is given the same number of rebates - all they have to do is to produce a vehicle that the public will buy.

They’re catching up.

As for HOV lanes, the intent was to reduce smog. Reducing vehicle count by car pooling is one way, riding a motorcycle is another - which is why single bike riders can use the HOV lanes. EVs also further that goal, hence their exception.