Far less than the subsidies to keep gasoline prices low.
Like patrolling shipping lanes and multiple wars in the Middle East to keep the oil pumping. Not just the gold but the blood.
The State having to pay healthcare for childhood asthma and stunted childhood brain development caused by burned gasoline and diesel pollution.
That is why the Bush administration instituted the Federal $7500 tax credit. Energy independence and a cleaner fleet’s benefits exceed $7500 per vehicle. And this is a tax credit. Not a rebate. Tax credit. That is electric vehicle buyer’s money. Not the States.
By the way. Hybrids sales are highly affected by gasoline prices, plug-in hybrids somewhat so and pure electrics not at all.
The Volt is being replaced by Volt 2.0 later this year and a much better LEAF 2.0 is about 18 months away. So many would be buyers are delaying their purchase.
With nanoparticle batteries and supercharge capacitors the world of near instantaneous charging is approaching. Once you can fully charge at a stop in under 10 minutes the world will move to electric with or without us. Soon, people will not have ever heard the sound of a muscle car.
As opposed to the subsidies paid to push a technology that is no where ready for the real world, will require massive electric generating capacity and requires you remain within [literally] in sight of a charging station.
We can save the angst over sending $$’s and blood to he ME by using our OWN oil...which has been kept from us by regulators intent on pushing these electric whizzers upon the rest of us.
Knock yourself out to drive one of these. I can see where they may have a place doing SOMETHING...maybe delivering messages or being employed in some closed environment like a college campus...by closed I mean localized....
I won’t be forced into it.
A true believer to the end. I think you missed the left turn on your way to the DUmpster.
“many would be buyers are delaying their purchase [waiting for EV 2.0].
LOLOLOL...yeah, that’s the reason. Keep believing that.
And windmills. Don’t forget we need a gazillion more of them to make up for the tens of GW of coal power being shut down by the EPA. Electricity doesn’t just come from the plug on the wall.