ELITE Vehicles Act
- Bill Number
- S. 541
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Taxation
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-02-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T21:54:45Z
Official Summary
Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act or the ELITE Vehicles Act
This bill eliminates federal tax credits for the purchase of certain clean vehicles (generally electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles) and electric vehicle recharging stations.
Specifically, the bill repeals the federal tax credits for
- the purchase of a qualified used clean vehicle (tax credit of up to $4,000 for the purchase of a previously-owned clean vehicle before 2033),
- the purchase of a qualified new clean vehicle (tax credit of up to $7,500 for the purchase of a new clean vehicle before 2033),
- the purchase of a qualified commercial clean vehicle (business tax credit of up to $40,000 for the purchase of a commercial clean vehicle before 2033), and
- alternative fuel vehicle refueling property used to recharge electric vehicles (tax credit of up to $1,000 for individuals or up to $100,000 for businesses for the installation of property before 2033 that is used to recharge electric vehicles).
Sponsor
Cosponsors (14)
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT], Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Recent Actions
- 2025-02-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-02-12: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Eliminate Lavish Incentives To Electric Vehicles Act — issued 2025-02-12 — PDF (6 pages)