New Jersey EV Incentive Calculator

New Jersey charges a $270 annual fee (July 2026 to June 2027) on battery-electric and other zero-emission cars; plug-in hybrids and hybrids are exempt. New ZEVs prepay four years at first registration, and the fee rises $10 a year by law, not by inflation.

The fee rises to $280 on July 1, 2027, and to $290 on July 1, 2028, where it stays.

Charge Up New Jersey (open): $1,500 off a new battery-electric car with MSRP up to $55,000, bought or leased from a participating New Jersey dealer; income-qualified buyers who prequalify for Charge Up+ get $4,000 total. Official program page.

New Jersey's sales tax exemption for zero-emission cars has ended; they pay the full 6.625% sales tax since July 1, 2025. Charge Up has paused in past years when funds ran out.

The federal clean vehicle tax credits (up to $7,500 for a new EV, up to $4,000 for a used EV, and the commercial clean vehicle credit) ended for vehicles acquired after September 30, 2025. A vehicle still qualifies if a binding written contract was signed and a payment made by that date, even if it was delivered later; the credit is then claimed for the year of delivery.