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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
There is a $7,200 tax rebate for battery electric/plug-in hybrid electric cars (not hybrids like the standard Prius). The rebate is limited to the first 200,000 units sold. I'm not sure if the unit count has been exceeded as of Aug 2013, but I sure Congress would extend the program anyway. Some states also offer incentives; either tax rebates, or sale tax waivers.
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Then I would assume that the higher price is taking that into account, recouping the R&D budget just a bit faster.