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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
Why do you say they aren't accomplishing what they seek with their laws? If their purpose is to bring in more EV's into the state then they already have with my Nissan Leaf purchase. And if I go through with a Bolt purchase they will have again. How are they losing?
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Ostensibly the purpose is to reduce global CO2 emissions. How is enriching used car dealerships accomplishing a global CO2 reduction? 95% of all good intentions are a product of profound ignorance, or profound corruption.
Oregon has an idiotic $2,500 subsidy for used EVs. It doesn't send any signal to manufacturers to produce more EVs, because manufacturers aren't in the business of selling used vehicles.
The used car salesmen raise the price about $2,500 compared to CA, where all the cars come from. More CO2 is produced, because instead of selling the used EV in the town it was traded in, they truck them up to Oregon.
As my friend Nick jokes, perfect reason cannot compete with "yeah, but still". If people's feelings don't align with reason, they abandon reason.
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All I know is
$21,000 - $7,500 = $13,500.
$27,790 - $7,500 - $7,500 = $12,790.
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Demonstrate that, and I'll partner with you at an agreed upon percentage of profit to purchase every new Bolt in the US, with a different "purchaser" for each one.
I used to arbitrage back when the internet was relatively new, and a fantastic margin would be 25% ROI. At 100% margin, I'd arbitrage like crazy.