Cash Back and No Sales Tax! California passed legislation (SB 2600) in 1990 that establishes the first tax incentives which can make buying a "Certified Pure Electric Vehicle" non- polluting car not only good for your conscience but good for your bank account. Until a few months ago this didn't mean much as there were no California "certified pure" EV conversion kits available. Home Power usually does not print "press releases" from manufacturers. We have decided to make an exception to this rule because this "press release" is truly exciting and a real first. "On December 9, 1991, California State Assemblyman Sam Farr attached the first California "Certified Pure Electric Vehicle" kit label under the under the hood of an ELECTRO AUTOMOTIVE VOLTSRABBITª diesel-to-electric car in Santa Cruz, CA. The certification allows EV builders or buyers to claim a $1,000 cash back on their state taxes, sheltering around $10,000 of California income. Builders can pass the one-time-per-car credit along to buyers, providing incentive for professional mechanics to convert several cars for sale, each car with a one-time "$1,00 cash back" available to buyers up to the total fund limit of $750,000 per year until 1995. Certified kits, as well as certified cars, are also exempt from sales tax and use tax including local millrates. Assemblyman Farr, who helped electric pioneer Mike Brown and his Felton, CA company over the bumps that occur in any new regulatory trail, said "I'm very proud to have played a role in helping a Santa Cruz constituent become the first Certified Kit supplier in the nation... This gives consumers the incentive to try another option: recycling their cars into electric's, rather than sending then to the landfill and waiting for Detroit or Tokyo to build new electric's a few more smog-filled years from now." Brown pointed out that "the cost of a VOLTSRABBITª conversion will be about $9,700 including batteries and labor from your favorite mechanic, before taking the tax credit. Major manufacturers have been citing $25-30,000 for new cars, and not until the mid-1990's." California's leading-edge legislation creates the first tax incentives which benefit professional mechanics, new conversion shops and the end-user of an electric car, the beleaguered taxpayer/commuter. Previous EV incentives have gone to established EV producers and researchers." Electro Automotive's kits allows certification of any conversion of a 1991 or older vehicle originally weighing 2,800 lbs. or less." Access Electro Automotive, POB 1113, Felton, CA 95018, 408-429-1989