Washington, D.C
DC bill would offer at least $400 in rebates to buy e-bikes
A Washington, D.C. council member has proposed providing rebates to residents and companies to make shopping for an electrical bike (e-bike) extra reasonably priced, and to lower automobile use within the metropolis.
Brooke Pinto, a council member for Washington’s Ward 2 district has launched a invoice that may create the rebate program to partially reimburse residents who purchase an e-bike from a neighborhood enterprise.
In line with the proposal, residents would obtain an instantaneous rebate of $400 or 30% of the price of the e-bike.
The proposed invoice would supply increased rebates of as much as $1,200 or 75% of the fee to residents who earn under $79,700 for single people, which is taken into account under the median household revenue within the District of Columbia.
Companies may very well be reimbursed in the event that they present their staff use e-biles to scale back automobile visitors within the metropolis.
Pinto stated she needs to have the invoice handed by the tip of the yr.