A House bill would raise the new EV credit to $15,000. It is not law.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House on 22 October 2026 would, as its sponsor's office describes it, double the tax credit for a new electric vehicle from $7,500 to $15,000. It is not law. The introduced text shows a referral to committee and does not record a hearing, a markup, or a floor vote.

The press release from the office of Representative Greg Landsman, Democrat of Ohio, is dated 22 October 2026. The office says the 21st Century Vehicle Choice Act would double the new clean-vehicle credit from $7,500 to $15,000, double the used clean-vehicle credit from $4,000 to up to $8,000, and raise the alternative-fuel vehicle refueling property credit from 30 percent to 50 percent. In that same sentence the office says the change would allow more of the purchase price of charging stations to be claimed as a tax deduction. The office says the bill would make the incentives permanent. It also describes a study of where drivers use the most gasoline, a Vehicle Choice Report on the variety of vehicles and on purchase prices and ownership costs, and a study of critical minerals for electric vehicles, hybrids, and batteries.

Landsman says, in the release: "We have to make life more affordable and give folks more choices. Our bill would make electric vehicles more accessible and help families save money on gas."

The introduced bill is H.R. 10881 (IH) on GovInfo. The file this desk read is the introduced version, printed 22 October 2026. It says Mr. Landsman introduced the bill, and that it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Natural Resources. Congress.gov's text page is the other public location for that bill. This desk could not load that page on 28 October 2026. The wording below is from the GovInfo introduced text, not from a later print.

On the new-vehicle credit, the office's "$7,500 to $15,000" description and the bill text do not use the same figure. Section 3 of the introduced text would amend section 30D(b) of the Internal Revenue Code by striking "$3,750" in paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting "$7,500". This story reports both descriptions. It does not calculate a credit for any reader.

The same section would add a limit the office's summary does not mention. For a taxpayer who was already allowed a section 30D credit in any previous taxable year, or for an earlier new clean vehicle placed in service by that taxpayer in the same year, the text says paragraphs (2) and (3) would be applied by substituting "$0" for the dollar amounts. In the form introduced, that is a one-vehicle rule, not a credit that repeats every year.

The text would also change the modified-adjusted-gross-income thresholds in section 30D(f)(10)(B). It would strike "$300,000" in clause (i) and insert "$225,000", strike "$225,000" in clause (ii) and insert "$169,000", and strike "$150,000" in clause (iii) and insert "$112,500". The introduced text does not, in those lines, restate which filing status each clause covers. The office's release does not mention these substitutions.

For a previously owned clean vehicle, section 4 would amend section 25E(a) by striking "$4,000" and inserting "$8,000", and by striking "30 percent" and inserting "60 percent". The office describes the used-vehicle change as a doubling from $4,000 to up to $8,000. It does not mention the percentage change in the release this desk read.

For charging property, section 5 would amend section 30C(a) by striking "30 percent" and inserting "50 percent". The bill's caption calls that provision a modification of the alternative fuel refueling property tax credit. The office's release describes the same 30-to-50 change and, in that sentence, uses the words "tax deduction."

Each of those three credits is captioned in the bill as made permanent, by striking subsection (h) of section 30D, subsection (g) of section 25E, and subsection (i) of section 30C. The office says the bill makes the incentives permanent. The text says the section 30D amendments would apply to vehicles placed in service after enactment, the section 25E amendments to vehicles acquired after enactment, and the section 30C amendments to property placed in service after enactment. None of that takes effect unless the bill becomes law. It has not.

Section 2 would require reports after enactment. Within 180 days, the Secretary of Commerce would submit a Vehicle Choice Report on how many varieties of new vehicles are for sale, and on trends in purchase prices and ownership costs. On the same clock, and then annually for five years, the Secretary of Energy would report on critical minerals for hybrids, electric vehicles, and batteries. Within two years, Energy and Transportation would report on regions with the highest concentrations of "gasoline super-users," which the bill defines as the owner of a light-duty vehicle in the top 10 percent for gasoline consumption, and later reports would cover charging stations in those regions. The release describes that gasoline study as a way to see where drivers use the most gas.

Nothing in this report says what a household would receive, or whether anyone should buy, wait, or file a particular return. The figures above are the office's description and the introduced text. A separate Policy desk story covers a British mileage charge, which is a different proposal in a different country. The UK zero-emission vehicle mandate review is also a consultation, not this bill. September electric-car shares in France and Germany are registration statistics, not a U.S. credit.

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