{"id":404376,"date":"2026-07-19T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404376\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:14:51","slug":"california-3500-myfirstev-incentive-program-13-automakers-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/404376\/","title":{"rendered":"California $3,500 MyFirstEV Incentive Program: 13 Automakers Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 automakers confirmed their participation in the recently announced <a href=\"https:\/\/evchargingstations.com\/chargingnews\/california-myfirstev-incentive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MyFirstEV incentive program in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new scheme supports the purchase of the first zero-emission vehicle (new or used):<\/p>\n<p>$3,500 off new electric vehicles with an MSRP up to $50,000<br \/>\n$1,750 off used electric vehicles sold for up to $25,000<br \/>\nThe rebate is open to any Californian buying their first ZEV<br \/>\nThere is no price cap for California-based manufacturers (including Lucid and Rivian)<\/p>\n<p>As the instant rebate must be matched dollar-for-dollar by automakers, their participation is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>The state shortlisted 13 automakers, some of which include multiple brands (we assume that all brands are involved in such cases). The list includes most manufacturers that offer EVs under $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Participating automakers include (alphabetically):<\/p>\n<p>Ford<br \/>\nGeneral Motors (Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC)<br \/>\nHonda (probably including Acura brand)<br \/>\nHyundai (probably including Genesis brand)<br \/>\nKia<br \/>\nLucid (no price cap)<br \/>\nMitsubishi<br \/>\nNissan<br \/>\nRivian (no price cap)<br \/>\nSubaru<br \/>\nTesla<br \/>\nToyota (probably including Lexus brand)<br \/>\nVolvo<\/p>\n<p>The list of major automakers that are not participating (at least for now) is nearly as long. It includes manufacturers that do not offer EVs under $50,000 (or only an entry-level version without options) or do not offer any EVs.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting example is Stellantis, which technically has the <a href=\"https:\/\/evchargingstations.com\/chargingnews\/2026-fiat-500e-ccs1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fiat 500e<\/a> model, which would qualify for the program. <a href=\"https:\/\/evchargingstations.com\/chargingnews\/volkswagen-id-4-production\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Volkswagen ID.4 is on its last legs<\/a>, so the German brand is not participating, we believe.<\/p>\n<p>Other automakers (alphabetically):<\/p>\n<p>Aptera (not yet launched)<br \/>\nAudi<br \/>\nBMW (including Mini)<br \/>\nJaguar Land Rover<br \/>\nMazda<br \/>\nMercedes-Benz<br \/>\nPolestar<br \/>\nPorsche<br \/>\nSlate (not yet launched)<br \/>\nStellantis (including Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati)<br \/>\nVolkswagen<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s expected that the MyFirstEV will start later this summer, contributing to the EV sales recovery after the $7,500 federal tax credit ended in Q3 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13 automakers confirmed their participation in the recently announced MyFirstEV incentive program in California. The new scheme supports&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-404376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}