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I just saw that on fiskerati.
So if you order an ultra this week to lock in the tax credit, and later after the bill is signed when we learn more about the features on the various models, you realize you'll need an Extreme in order to get all the features you wanted, you'll have to cancel the Ultra, lose your $250, order an extreme, and lose the tax credit.
This sucks because we dont yet know what will be available on all trim levels. I really want autopilot-like self driving features. Will I be able to order that on the Ultra? We haven't been told. Fisker hasn't given us enough info to make a proper decision about what trim level to order. Not that big of a deal when you can change your selection, but pretty big deal when you're locked into it because of a $250 nonrefundable payment and the loss of a $7500 tax credit.
Another scenario - what if the end of 2023 approaches and they haven't started delivering Ultras yet? You need to take delivery in 2023 to secure the old tax credit, but you wont be able to bump up to an Extreme to do that. Most Ultras will be delivered in 2024 and will therefore lose the tax credit which is only being grandfathered for orders made before the bill is signed that can be delivered in 2022-2023.
So if you order an ultra this week to lock in the tax credit, and later after the bill is signed when we learn more about the features on the various models, you realize you'll need an Extreme in order to get all the features you wanted, you'll have to cancel the Ultra, lose your $250, order an extreme, and lose the tax credit.
This sucks because we dont yet know what will be available on all trim levels. I really want autopilot-like self driving features. Will I be able to order that on the Ultra? We haven't been told. Fisker hasn't given us enough info to make a proper decision about what trim level to order. Not that big of a deal when you can change your selection, but pretty big deal when you're locked into it because of a $250 nonrefundable payment and the loss of a $7500 tax credit.
Another scenario - what if the end of 2023 approaches and they haven't started delivering Ultras yet? You need to take delivery in 2023 to secure the old tax credit, but you wont be able to bump up to an Extreme to do that. Most Ultras will be delivered in 2024 and will therefore lose the tax credit which is only being grandfathered for orders made before the bill is signed that can be delivered in 2022-2023.