[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

We have two older vehicles, one a diesel and one a gasoline engine, and a truly fabulous local garage whose mechanics keeps them in tip-top condition. Regular maintenance and now as older folk who drive less, we will not be in the market for a new vehicle, and never for an electric vehicle. I fully expect political blowback as politicians discover that older vehicles can be kept in fine condition, and contribute to the “hesitancy” to buy EVs, recalling the “hesitancy” label applied to the “uptake” of the mRNA injections.

I wonder when "EV uptake" and "EV hesistancy" will enter the political chatter....

[cgbg]

They say “hesitancy”.

I say hostility.

[moovova]

The gubment will impose extensive/expensive continuing ed requirements on mechanics, higher licensing fees for auto repair facilities, higher “disposal fees”, increased testing and calibration requirements on older vehicles...and whatever else lefty gubment agents can come up with to financially burden all involved along the gas-auto lifespan. Probably even an additional fee for IC vehicles at the time of annual license/registration renewal. You see what Joe Biden just did to high credit score homebuyers, didn’t you? Who’s to say he wouldn’t do something similar to IC vehicle owners? It’ll make Cash-For-Clunkers look like an afternoon snooze.

[tom paine 2]

Or EVaphobia.