> I don't see why taxpayers should subsidise your Tesla
Because it's in the taxpayers' interest for everyone to move to EVs ( if nothing else for the cleaner air), thus it's something that should be incentivised.
Because it's in the taxpayers' interest for everyone to move to EVs ( if nothing else for the cleaner air), thus it's something that should be incentivised.
Somewhere, off in the distance, a coal or gas-fired generator is producing a significant majority portion of that electric energy.
Also the "taxpayers" that want an EV, have one. The break-even folk who get as much back as they pay in taxes may be wanna-be owners of EVs. The folks who are net receivers of tax dollars aren't likely EV candidates.
For every car that is produced, two things are true:
(1) It takes fossil fuels to make and deliver them. (2) It takes fossil fuels to run them.
For every internal combustion engine car produced in 2022, both (1) and (2) will true for the entire life of the vehicle, which in the US is around 12 years.
For every electric car, only (1) is guaranteed to be true for the life of the car. (2) is a choice, one that we can change in the 12 years that vehicle in on the road.
This is a tired, old, and refuted argument.
In the long term, even if your power is 100% coal, in terms of CO2, an EV will be better than an ICE.
And coal power plants aren't going to last forever. Green energy is growing.
Some food for thought: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2020/03/30/yes-electr...
Then, once more and more EV's are on the road, the benefits of moving to cleaner energy will be even greater.