[Tell It Right]

That is exactly the situation with EV prices. The EV tax credit is like everything else the govt "helps" us with: it artificially inflates the prices.

We saw that with the Inflation Raising Act. That changed the old EV tax credit to include EV's made by car makers who'd already exceeded the old EV tax credit limit (I think it was for the first 200K EV's made by each car manufacturer). So all of a sudden Tesla and GM EV's were eligible for the tax credit again, and all of a sudden Tesla and GM raised the prices. Of course since then, the lagging market for EV's has brought the price down again. And with the EV tax credit going away altogether the prices of EVs will go down even further.

I tell my fellow EV owners all the time (almost all of whom are leftists) that even EV owners are better off if there's less govt "help" and we let the free market do its thing.

[rlmorel]

I am joking in the tone of my post above (mostly) but you are the prime example of someone whose lifestyle and choices can make an EV work on your scale, and you do a fine job of laying it out.

And your last line: "...even EV owners are better off if there's less govt "help" and we let the free market do its thing..." shows you see the better pathway.

Kudos to you, FRiend...