Glad to hear it. Hoping some new DEMS will get to work!It was put into law by an act of congress so it would take another one to repeal it. The president has no power on this one. No need to worry about it. Plus, his beef is with GM not Tesla.
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Glad to hear it. Hoping some new DEMS will get to work!It was put into law by an act of congress so it would take another one to repeal it. The president has no power on this one. No need to worry about it. Plus, his beef is with GM not Tesla.
But... I feel that too many EV drivers think that if they plug their car into an electrical outlet it's this wonderful green energy and they're saving that planet. Step back for a minute and think about where that power is actually coming from.
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The only people pushing for the credit now are people trying to save money - not save the environment. The subsidy already accomplished its goal.
Just tie it to border wall security funding and it will get passed.
No doubt you are talking about fossil subsidies, and the externalized costs ?The subsidy should end!
Import from a sunny or windy region;Gee, I wonder what would happen if we shut all these nasty plants down on a cloudy, windless day?
It is ALL about fossils, that is to say their replacement. Would you have advocated EV subsidies for people who prefer to walk or ride a bicycle ?If this thread was about fossil fuel - yes, I would use the same statement.
It is ALL about fossils, that is to say their replacement. Would you have advocated EV subsidies for people who prefer to walk or ride a bicycle ?
"or less." Please think "or less." What a dick.Hang in there just two more years of the village idiot in our office.
The idea of the subsidy for EV cars was to incentivize people to buy them by helping make the EV cost competitive.
The model 3 is cost competitive and a better car than the ICE competitor. The subsidy has done its job. Now move it to the next market that needs the incentive.
And continue and/or *increase* subsidies to fossils. Sorry to confuse you with facts but perhaps we can agree that when fossil externalities are priced in then getting rid of subsidies for both fossils and EVs is reasonable. Until that happens, calls for unilaterally ending eV subsidies are ignoring reality.Trump threatens to end subsidies for electric vehicles - that is the title.
But... I feel that too many EV drivers think that if they plug their car into an electrical outlet it's this wonderful green energy and they're saving that planet. Step back for a minute and think about where that power is actually coming from.
Good argument for combined cycle NG plants, not so much for coal plants where the average thermo efficiency is about 33% and the carbon intensity is higher. And while your stated average ICE efficiency is most certainly true for many cars it is far from universal. My Toyota hybrids (ICE when all is said and done) averaged about 35% overall thermo efficiency.Compare 45% efficiency of the power plant to 15% efficiency of an ICE. Even when you consider electrical losses associated with the EVs of power transmission and battery charge/discharge, the EV is over twice as efficient as an ICE. This means that an EV can drive twice as many miles for the same amount of CO2 and waste heat put into the air, even if every watt comes from burning a hydrocarbon fuel.
It will be used as a chip to win concessions for other priorities of the Trumpledorks.So... How big are the chances that the Trump administration will in fact terminate the EV tax credit program?