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China Electric Car Sales Booming


"Electric vehicle sales in China are continuing to grow, but much of this growth is caused directly by the myriad incentives on offer in the country"

https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/19/china-electric-car-sales-booming/

Contrast with:

The IMF estimates China is subsidizing fossil fuels $2.3 trillion a year by failing to account for health and pollution effects:

Fossil fuels get global $5.3 trillion 'subsidy': IMF report - Business - CBC News
 
Today:

Additional incentives should be considered, such as are in applied in places like Norway and California.

In Norway, if a person buys an electric vehicle, they do not have to pay the 25 percent value added tax, registration fees are waved and additional incentives are provided. In California, EV buyers can obtain a $7,500 federal tax credit, a $2,500 state credit and access to drive in carpool lanes even with only one person in the vehicle.

Tesla would like to see other considerations in the future that might help move people into electric vehicles, such as changes in zoning and permits for buildings, requiring them to have electric vehicle charging stations. The same should be considered for landlords, possibly requiring them to install charging stations for renters.

Tesla Tells Detroit To Stop Fighting Electric Cars
 
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40% Of US Electric Car Sales Are In California

https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/21/40-of-us-electric-car-sales-are-in-california/



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A carbon tax is the smarter choice and it could stimulatesufficient market forces to promote many different green technologies, including electric vehicles. However, at the moment, it lacks sufficient political and public support. Until that environment changes, keeping the electric vehicle tax credit makes sense.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/column/guest/michael-e-kraft-with-little-hope-for-carbon-tax-electric/article_dd4ccdc2-d6bf-51e9-9405-ccd62a7a3ce1.html
 

Elon Musk: 'If I cared about subsidies, I would have entered the oil and gas industry'


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http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150602-story.html
 
Step 1 (underway) achieve one million cars / year BEV production. Realistic target 2020-2022
Step 2 - Achieve 1% worldwide vehicle fleet BEV (20-30 million cars on the streets). Realistic target 2025-2030
Step 3 - Focus on worldwide mass adoption of BEV for mass transit vehicles (cabs, shared transportation, bus, short range ferry using high efficiency solar-battery, hyperloop), here is one of the big leapfrog moments, for every 1% of very high mileage vehicles gone BEV many % of oil consumption could be reduced, and this is a win-win-win scenario as BEV are the most cost effective the more often they are used. This is an effort that should start today.

The critical aspect is reducing oil consumption rather than number of ICE replaced with BEV. The landmark shouldn't be million BEVs delivered but starting to reduce worldwide oil production.

My Brazil is quite myopic on EVs, but there's an interesting tradition here as far as subsidies, focus subsidies on cabs. When Brazil went all out on Sugar Cane Ethanol in the late 70s, subsidies were offered for cabs, 10 years later most cabs went ethanol. Recently when Brazil started to push CNG vehicles, subsidies pushed most cabs to go natural gas in areas served (95% of Brazil's urban population have access to CNG today and a very high share of cabs run on CNG today). Recently a partnership between Nissan and the largest cities in Brazil brought the LEAF to Brazil (which are currently 3x the price of a CNG car without any subsidies, but have been shown to cost half per mile vs CNG or 1/4 the cost of running on gasoline), around a thousand imported LEAFs are running in Brazil today and Nissan announced it will assemble the LEAF in Brazil starting in 2016.

Most cabs drive a dozen hours a day, so I suggest starting the focus there.
 
Recently a partnership between Nissan and the largest cities in Brazil brought the LEAF to Brazil (which are currently 3x the price of a CNG car without any subsidies, but have been shown to cost half per mile vs CNG or 1/4 the cost of running on gasoline), around a thousand imported LEAFs are running in Brazil today and Nissan announced it will assemble the LEAF in Brazil starting in 2016.

@macpacheco, is Brazil gov offering incentives on EV's yet? If not, history would suggest that it's coming?

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"Reducing upfront purchase costs and expanding non-monetary incentives will widen the potential customer base for ZEVs. A statewide government parking policy providing parking benefits at state-owned properties and buildings is already encouraging ZEV sales. Access to transparent and informative purchase processes and high-occupancy vehicle lanes will turn consumer sentiment positive."

New Mandate Turns California into Largest US Market for Zero Emission Vehicles | AltEnergyMag

 
EV subsidies only for cabs until they are produced locally, for local production EV manufacturers will get incentives in the form of lower import taxes on some parts. I think purchase subsidies will only be offered for cabs.
Certainly far smaller subsidies than in the USA. Bottom line Brazil govt own majority stake in Petrobras, so its vested on fossil fuels.
Conversion of existing cars to run on CNG is so cheap, if Brazilians cared about the environment most cars would already run on CNG (around R$ 4000 or US$ 1200), its a conversion that pays for itself many times over for those that drive a lot, yet many don't do it.
 
Here's what we Canadians have been up to:

1 Days to #COP21!

If you don't want to do the YouTube video, feel free to copy and paste my efforts (serious time in...I'm passionate about this) to Minister McKenna:

Here's my response to Minister Mckenna's YouTube campaign invitation:

Ktown on Twitter:

(If you like) Send to:

Catherine McKenna (@ec_minister) | Twitter

or

[email protected]

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Together, hopefully, we can accelerate the advent of sustainable transport in Canada!

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/54924-Help-tesla-realize-their-vision-vote-for-federal-ev-incentives%21/page19