We obviously need to do this at some point. Now isn't the time IMO.
p0w3n3d · 9h ago
It's always the same, and it had to be like that.
1. Subsidy, give freebies, special privileges (in Poland we have ev cars allowed to drive Bus lanes)
2. Once the market has been saturated, revoke slowly privileges
3. Later move on to normal requirements/taxes/payments - BAU
(Roads won't fund themselves)
platevoltage · 7h ago
I agree. If EV's ever become ubiquitous in the US, these benefits would need to go away.
We aren't even close to that here. Republicans have turned electric vehicles into a political issue. That being said, it does make me a bit mad watching someone in a brand new Tesla zoom past me in the HOV lane while I'm stuck in traffic in my '86 Mercedes that I've kept running all these years, burned mostly renewable diesel in (previously waste vegetable oil), and have caused way less emissions given that it was manufactured when I was 3 years old, and not replaced every several years like a typical car is.
testysting34 · 5h ago
An EV passing by me in a city won't harm me or my children's health.
You with your 86 diesel mercedes manufactured long before emission limits will definitely hurt much much more.
Noxes from that would probably get me swearing at you instantly...
platevoltage · 2h ago
I don't think that me driving past you in a city is going to affect you or your children's health in any significant way. My point is a bit more macro than you are making it out to be.
bhandziuk · 11h ago
I already pay $220 /yr to register my EV in Georgia. That's far more than I would pay if I were driving an ICE car. Does this mean that I'd have to pay $420 /yr if this passed?
philipallstar · 11h ago
This is that state capture by Tesla I've heard about.
1. Subsidy, give freebies, special privileges (in Poland we have ev cars allowed to drive Bus lanes)
2. Once the market has been saturated, revoke slowly privileges
3. Later move on to normal requirements/taxes/payments - BAU
(Roads won't fund themselves)
We aren't even close to that here. Republicans have turned electric vehicles into a political issue. That being said, it does make me a bit mad watching someone in a brand new Tesla zoom past me in the HOV lane while I'm stuck in traffic in my '86 Mercedes that I've kept running all these years, burned mostly renewable diesel in (previously waste vegetable oil), and have caused way less emissions given that it was manufactured when I was 3 years old, and not replaced every several years like a typical car is.
You with your 86 diesel mercedes manufactured long before emission limits will definitely hurt much much more.
Noxes from that would probably get me swearing at you instantly...