Get a $1,500 rebate on a purchased or leased electric vehicle.
Are you interested in buying or leasing an all-electric vehicle? You could be eligible for a $1,500 rebate from DTE based on your household income. See if you qualify.
Get a $1,500 rebate on a purchased or leased electric vehicle.
Are you interested in buying or leasing an all-electric vehicle? You could be eligible for a $1,500 rebate from DTE based on your household income. See if you qualify.
How to Get Your EV Rebate
 | 1. Review the customer eligibility terms to see if you qualify. |
 | 2. Purchase or lease an eligible new or used all-electric vehicle. |
 | 3. Submit the application no later than 6 months after purchasing or leasing your EV. |
 | 4. DTE verifies you meet the eligibility requirements and sends a confirmation email. |
 | 5. You receive a $1,500 check from us in the mail. |
Eligibility Requirements
If you’re a current DTE Electric residential customer and your account is in good standing with no outstanding balances, you may qualify for a rebate. You must also meet all income and vehicle requirements.
See our Electric Vehicle Rebate Agreement for full program requirements.
For 2023, you meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement if your household’s total annual income is under a specified amount based on your household size.
| Household Size | Program Income Eligibility – Income Doesn’t Exceed |
|---|---|
| 1 | $58,320 |
| 2 | $78,880 |
| 3 | $99,440 |
| 4 | $120,000 |
| 5 | $140,560 |
| 6 | $161,120 |
| 7 | $181,680 |
| 8 | $202,240 |
| Household Size > 8 | $202,240 + ($20,560 for each additional person in household) |
How do you determine your household size?
For the EV Rebate program, a household is defined as the Applicant and any spouse or dependents listed on the Applicant’s tax return. For most Applicants, this will include you, your spouse if you filed taxes jointly, and any dependents. Anyone living with you who isn’t listed on your filed tax return won’t be included in the household for this program’s purposes.
During the application process, DTE will verify that you meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement in one of two ways:
- DTE verifies that now or in the last 12 months, you were enrolled in the Shutoff Protection Program and/or received energy assistance from any of the following programs: Home Heating Credit, State Emergency Relief or Michigan Energy Assistance Program. If this is the case, then you already meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement. Learn how to apply for the Shutoff Protection Program or energy assistance at Low-Income Programs | DTE Energy.
- You allow DTE to review your tax transcript and the tax transcript of each household member 18 years or older for the most recent tax year. For applications submitted using the 2021 or 2022 tax year, DTE will use IRS Form 1040 line 9 as the total income for each person 18 years or older.
Our partner, Veri-Tax,™ will send electronic signature requests on behalf of DTE to you and any other adult members of your household at the email addresses you provided in your application. The emails will come from the email address info@taxverification.com. Veri-Tax™ will ask you and any other adult members of your household to sign and submit a U.S. IRS Form 4506-C electronically. Each form must be signed by at least one of the household members listed on the form. This form allows Veri-Tax™ to obtain a tax transcript from the IRS, which DTE uses to determine household income.
Review the Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines for 2023 available at Poverty Guidelines | ASPE (hhs.gov)
- Must purchase or lease a new or used all-electric vehicle
- Plug-in hybrid EVs and vehicles with a gasoline engine or hydrogen fuel cell are not eligible
- Check out DTE’s EV Showroom for help picking an all-electric vehicle
- Vehicle must be purchased or leased from any licensed dealership or online car retailer for a total taxable price or capitalized cost of $50,000 or less
- Total taxable price includes the base vehicle price, prices of aftermarket accessories and other taxable charges and fees (excludes sales tax and non-taxable fees)
- Purchase or lease contract execution date is after December 1, 2022
- Vehicle is registered in your name with the Michigan Secretary of State, at the address corresponding to your DTE Electric service account, at the time of application
- If the EV is leased, you must have a lease term of at least two years