The EV Data Brief
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The EV Data Brief
Once or twice a month, the EV numbers that actually changed — price cuts, incentive changes, new recalls, and the models holding value. Verified against primary sources. No hype.
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Price moves
Slate Truck pricing landed. The bare-bones electric pickup’s final base price was announced June 24 at $24,950 (single ~65 kWh LFP pack, ~205 mi, native NACS, built in Warsaw, IN), with deliveries from Q4 2026. If it ships at that number it undercuts every EV on sale today.
Today’s price floor. The cheapest new EV you can actually buy right now is the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV LT at $28,995 (262 mi, LFP, native NACS), just ahead of the Nissan Leaf S+ at $29,990 (303 mi).
Ioniq 5 holds its cut. Hyundai keeps the Ioniq 5 at a $35,000 start (up to 318 mi) for 2026 — roughly $9k below its prior sticker — now that assembly runs at Hyundai’s Georgia Metaplant.
Incentive changes
The federal home-charger credit (§30C) expired June 30, 2026. The 30% / up to $1,000 residential write-off is gone unless your charger was installed and operational on or before that date (claimed on Form 8911). Full breakdown in this issue’s deep dive.
Still standing: the OBBBA auto-loan interest deduction — up to $10,000/yr of interest, above-the-line, tax years 2025–2028 — but only on new vehicles with U.S. final assembly. It’s the only federal purchase break EV buyers have left after §30D ended in September 2025.
Recalls & reliability
A battery-fire recall wave hit July 2. NHTSA logged recalls for the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2023–2024, campaign 26V432000) and Kia EV6 / EV9 (2022–2024 EV6, 2024 EV9, campaign 26V431000). Same root cause: misaligned battery-cell electrodes that can ignite while parked or driving. Both carry a Park Outside advisory — owners are told to cap charging at 80% and park away from structures until dealers replace the high-voltage battery, free of charge. VINs became searchable July 3.
Context, not a verdict: a recall means the automaker is fixing a known defect at no cost. We show the full attributed NHTSA record — recalls, advisories, and investigations — for every model, and never turn it into a homemade ranking.
Depreciation movers
The Q3 2026 value-retention read (2-year-old cohort): fleet average 61.2% of original MSRP. The Rivian R1S leads the durable-demand holders at 73.1%; the Acura ZDX sits at the bottom at 45.7%. Trucks (66.5%) are holding better than luxury (54.0%).
The deeper dive: the home-charger credit is gone — what’s actually left
On June 30 the §30C credit that covered 30% of a home-charging install (up to $1,000 for homeowners) expired. If you didn’t have equipment installed and operational by that date, there’s no federal help left for the hardware. What still works: a UL-listed smart splitter can share an existing 240V outlet for ~$400–500 instead of a $1,500–4,000 panel upgrade, and a handful of states and utilities still rebate chargers. Our home-charging setup guide walks the cheapest compliant path.
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