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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That's precisely what I'm saying. Know-nothing irrational idiots need to put the numbers up, not pass legislation with no plan, no method of measurement, and no way to evaluate results.
Of course I'm not sure. To be sure, we'd need to have an alternate universe where we played out the scenario where no idiotic and regressive subsidies were offered.
Are you sure that introducing the uncertainty of subsidies that rely on the whims of politics strengthened the confidence of automakers to produce more EVs, in a global marketplace where most countries don't have such a subsidy? Is it wise for the US to foist the tax burden on its citizens despite most manufacturers being foreign owned, and therefore a wealth transfer to other countries?
With my understanding of human behavior and related economics, I think EVs would be doing imperceptivity better without market manipulation (subsidies). The only achilles heel of EVs is the crummy battery, and there's already enormous incentive to make better batteries for a ton of product categories.
I don't think I'm the only one saying the Bolt among the most suitable vehicles for you.
My point that arbitrage tends to average the price of things?
If there's money to be made on price differentials, people will do it. Back when my friend was in college, he had a fraternity brother who was buying welding masks from Harbor Freight and reselling them online for a profit. Then he found the wholesaler for Harbor Freight and put in a big order and sold them for even more profit. Then he found the manufacturer and put in a gigantic order and filled several rooms of the fraternity with welding masks and made a huge profit.
My point is, even if you're GM and make the product at cost, that cost is above $12,500. You cannot buy an expensive retail product at way below cost.
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It seems like you're just trying to make a political statement rather than direct the ecominded towards the ecofriendly.
There's a $7,500 federal tax credit on some new EV's and a $4,000 one on used ones, some of which are not all that expensive when compared to ICEV's.
I don't care if Satan mandated the tax credit or if it was Winnie the Pooh, or if the final price of the EV would have been exactly the same without it, or if dealerships are going to be filthy rich because of my tax dollars.
The thing is the tax credit is there, and if someone wants to potentially save a few bucks with an EV in the USA right now then he or she should probably be paying attention to the ins and outs of the federal tax credit and any other incentives to go along with it instead of complaining how rich dealerships are going to be off of it or how cars in all of the USA should be the same price regardless of where they're being sold.