This article finds fault with the CAFE rules and regulations, as opposed to EVs in general. Regardless, this article will reflect negatively among the general public, especially to the anti climate change folks who will twist what is being said.
It appears that Professor Irvine's background and experience is largely measuring / commenting on government policies, subsidies, et al.
"Education Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
Title Professor
Fields of Specialization
Public Economics, Public Policy, Tobacco analysis, Economic Inequality
Research Interests
He has worked in a variety of areas recently with policy implications. Work on the saving behaviour of individuals over the lifecycle has resulted in papers in the European Economic Review (2001) and Economica (2002); on alcohol taxation in the Journal of Public Economics (1993); on tobacco control policy in Canadian Public Policy(1998); on deadweight loss measurement in the American Economic Review (1998) and on housing demand in the Journal of Urban Economics (1996).
His current work is on the effect of increased incarceration in the US on the poverty rate; on the determinants of the reduction in social assistance dependency in Canada in the late nineties, and on recent smoking behavior in Canada.
Professional Experience
Professor Irvine has been on the Faculty at Concordia University since 1978, and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1995. He has been an academic visitor at the University of Sydney, Australia, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the London School of Economics, the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, Ireland. He has done consulting work for a number of agencies in Ottawa in the area of tobacco and alcohol taxation."
Prof. Ian Irvine
Perhaps he should spend some time on measuring EV subsidies against oil company subsidies, then comment...I must admit that I wonder why he hasn't done this as EV subsidies are the proverbial "fart in the wind" when stacked up against subsidies given to gas & oil in this country...I think he really needs to open his eyes, do the right thing, and level the playing field here.