You are totally missing the
You are totally missing the boat on the $7500 tax credit.
The tax credit is not to support the incomes of those buying the vehicle. It is to support those MAKING the vehicle and to stimulate a new industry which can benefit all in the long run.
You have to realize the tax credit was created BEFORE the manufacturers even made the decision to MAKE the vehicles. The tax credit provided an incentive for automakers to make the vehicles in the first place. Without the tax credit we might not see a Volt or a Leaf at all...
A similar tax credit was used for hybrids and now, 10 years later, hybrids are successful and becoming affordable for the masses even though that tax break has expired. The same will happen with EV's in 10 years, if we quit whining and let the tax break run its course.
This is the BEST use of tax dollars in my opinion....