The electric vehicle credit is a non-refundable credit. That means that it can only be used to reduce your income tax owed down to zero. It can't be used to increase your refund after that OR reduce your self-employment tax.
I can't see your tax return but I am betting that your income tax for this year is around $3100 and if you look at your 1040 on line 22 you'll see a zero because your energy credit knocked your income tax down to zero and then on line 23 you'll see the amount that you still owe added as self-employment tax.
That will mean that the remainder of your EV credit - around $4400 - will be rolled into next year to reduce your income tax once again. You can check that amount on form 8936.
To double check that I'm right since I can't see the return you need to look at the forms. If you're on the desktop program that's easy - just switch to forms view and look at form 8936 and form 1040 to see if the numbers match what I'm saying.
If you're on the online version then you need to finish your tax return and pay for the software BUT do not file yet. When it asks if you want to print a copy of your return before you file you say 'yes' and you'll get a pdf copy of the tax return and you can review forms 8936 and 1040 then.
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