Green Car Credits Gives Automakers New Ways to Cash In
Each credit can help an automaker avoid thousands of dollars in fines. While deals are made privately and companies don’t like to reveal prices, credits sell for $5,000 to $10,000 each, according to two people in the auto industry who declined to be identified talking about private negotiations. So in addition to the $70,000 sticker price of each top-line Model S it sells, Tesla could bank another $35,000-plus in credit sales to other manufacturers.