\n FYI, if you want to take advantage of the $7500 EV tax credit but don\u2019t want a Tesla or a Ford or whatever else qualifies, there is a loophole for leases.\n
\n Leased vehicles count as commercial/fleet vehicles for the dealership, which qualify for ANY EV AFAIK regardless of your income or where the battery was manufactured.\n
\n Almost all manufacturers will give this rebate to you if you lease in order to compete with the American EVs.\n
\n If you really prefer to buy, most dealers will allow you to buy out your lease early and you keep the $7500. But you may want to just keep it leased until the end of the term, because the $7500 effectively gets applied to the cost of the lease without affecting the residual\u2026 so you will essentially get a larger percentage discount, and then 3 years from now EV tech will have progressed quite a bit and you may want to trade it in for a new one.\n
\n This has probably been covered before but I couldn\u2019t find a post about it recently\u2026 hopefully this is helpful for anyone new to EVs that are unaware of the loophole.\n
\n Pro tip: if you\u2019re a Costco member, Costo often has sizeable rebates depending on the make and model. So check their website!\n
\n EDIT: To update with some info and clarifications from others:\n
\n SOME DEALERS/LESSORS MAY NOT PASS THE REBATE ON TO YOU. Or, they may make it look like they\u2019re passing it on to you, but then try to screw you somewhere else like the money factor (interest rate) or markups/markdowns. Make sure you understand what the terms are before you sign anything.\n
\n\n LeaseHackr is a good resource for learning the ins and outs of lease terms like what money factor is, and they have a calculator where you can play around with the variables and see how they affect payments. You can also see deals from lease brokers on the forums, that have pre-negotiated deals that would be difficult to beat on your own.\n
\n TrueCar is a great resource to see what the typical markdowns ($ off MSRP) there are for specific makes and models in your area. Simply search for new car listings and they have an \u201cestimated price\u201d which factors in markdowns. This way you can make sure that you get a fair sale price IN ADDITION TO the rebates so that you know they\u2019re not giving you the rebate only to screw you on markups (or lack of markdowns).\n
\n Edmund\u2019s Lease Calculator is very useful for seeing what the typical money factor and residuals are on a particular make/model for the specific lease length and yearly mileage. I\u2019ve found that this almost always reflects the real number you should expect. Make sure they\u2019re not screwing you on that too.\n
\n 2. If the lessor does pass on the rebate to you, they may apply it to the initial sale price as a \u201ccapitalized cost reduction,\u201d or they may apply it as a boost to the residual. If it\u2019s the former, and the lessor allows you to buy out your lease early (gotta ask), then you keep the benefit of that $7500 if you buy out early. If it\u2019s applied to the residual, then you need to wait until the end of the lease if you want the full benefit.\n
\n If there\u2019s anything else that comes up I\u2019ll try to add it too.\n
\n 3. THIS ALSO GETS AROUND INCOME AND TAX LIABILITY REQUIREMENTS. You could have $0 tax liability or make $1 million per year and can still take advantage of this.\n
", "top_comment": "Thank you for posting this occasionally. I try to tell people this but they look at me like I\u2019ve had a stroke. This is especially useful if you would not be able to utilize the full tax benefit. Either not having 7500 fed tax liability or if you are over the income limits. My only question I guess is does this work on any EV or are the price limits still applicable for lease vehicles? Like the Hummer EV for example." } }, { "title": "Cheapest Realtime Web Search AI API?", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1jl653q/cheapest_realtime_web_search_ai_api/", "is_source_local": false, "is_source_both": false, "description": "Tavily and Linkup, both work well but Linkup is cheaper. Slightly slower but also better results in my opinion", "fetched_content_timestamp": 1788297201, "language": "en", "family_friendly": true, "type": "discussion", "subtype": "generic", "is_live": false, "meta_url": { "scheme": "https", "netloc": "reddit.com", "hostname": "www.reddit.com", "favicon": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/U-eHNCapRHVNWWCVPPMTIvOofZULh0_A_FQKe8xTE4I/rs:fit:32:32:1:0/g:ce/aHR0cDovL2Zhdmlj/b25zLnNlYXJjaC5i/cmF2ZS5jb20vaWNv/bnMvN2ZiNTU0M2Nj/MTFhZjRiYWViZDlk/MjJiMjBjMzFjMDRk/Y2IzYWI0MGI0MjVk/OGY5NzQzOGQ5NzQ5/NWJhMWI0NC93d3cu/cmVkZGl0LmNvbS8", "path": "\u203a r \u203a AI_Agents \u203a comments \u203a 1jl653q \u203a cheapest_realtime_web_search_ai_api" }, "age": "March 27, 2025", "data": { "forum_name": "r/AI_Agents", "num_answers": 27, "score": "7", "title": "Cheapest Realtime Web Search AI API?", "question": "\n Hey everyone :)\n
\n I am wondering what might be the cheapest way to get realtime AI answers based on google search.
Currently I am using the API of Perplexity with SONAR model to get precise realtime answers based on web-search. It does come with a cost of about $5 per 1000 calls and a bit extra.\n
\n Is there potentially other ways to reduce the costs? Are there other LLM's or models that are cheaper?\n
\n I thought about using a SERP API and then combine it with ChatGPT or whatever, but it doesn't really seem to be cheaper + its slower and worse results.\n
\n Thanks!
Kind Regards\n