You may already be aware of the federal tax credits for electric vehicles (if not, check out Electric Vehicle Federal Tax Credit: Explained). Still, there are also EV incentives available in individual states, including some great incentives for Montana residents.
If you’re a resident of the Treasure State, you may qualify for tax credits, incentives or savings for owning an electric vehicle and may also qualify for additional incentives such as credits on solar panel installation, discounts on home charging through your energy provider, carpool lane exemptions, and more.
Check out the incentives we’ve found for Montana in 2023. Please remember that these may change anytime, and certain conditions may apply to qualify.
Federal Tax Credits up to $7,500
NOTE: The Clean Vehicle Credit added a new requirement for final assembly in North America that took effect on August 17, 2022, with additional requirements beginning January 1, 2023.
Used EV Rebates up to $4,000
The Clean Vehicle Credit provides a tax credit for the purchase of a pre-owned EV or FCEV.
HOV Lane Exemptions
In Montana, electric vehicles may use the carpool lane regardless of the number of passengers.
Home Charger Incentives
At this time, the local government and energy providers in Montana are not offering any state incentives or rebates.
Northwestern Energy pledges to be NetZero by 2050. So, perhaps they would be willing to offer some incentives to their customers for purchasing an EV or installing EV charging stations in their homes.
Montana-Dakota Utilities is another energy provider in Montana that is not offering any EV incentives.
We’ll be sure to update our EV incentives page for Montana if anything changes. Until then, feel free to browse our EV incentives page to see what types of incentives are offered in other states nearby, like Washington and California.
The Final Word
To stay up-to-date on available incentives for EVs in Montana and across the nation, bookmark our Incentives and Rebates in MT page where you’ll find the most up to date information on all electric vehicle tax credits and incentives available in Montana and every other US state.
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