United States · Bill · S
S. 395 (117th)
Electric CARS Act of 2021
Introduced
23 February 2021
Last action
23 February 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Electric Credit Access Ready at Sale Act of 2021 or the Electric CARS Act of 2021 This bill modifies and extends tax credits for electric cars and alternative motor vehicles. The bill extends the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles through 2031. In addition, the bill modifies the credit to remove the limitation on the number of vehicles per manufacturer that are eligible for the credit, allow a taxpayer to assign the credit to a financing entity, and allow an unused credit to be carried forward for five years. The bill also extends through 2031 the tax credits for (1) alternative fuel vehicle refueling property, and (2) alternative motor vehicles.
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Timeline
23 February 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 23 February 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Electric CARS Act of 2021
- related to ← Electric CARS Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/395
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/395
- us · 117-s-395 · source updated 5 December 2025