Re:Overview of Early Electric Cars
by markvdb on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:40PM
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Both electric and ICE cars are being subsidised:
- direct car purchase subsidies (almost exclusively electric)
- oil production subsidies. You might want to have a look at [0].
- wind and solar electricity production subsidies.
- road infrastructure building and maintenance.
- Road and fuel taxes do not cover this.
- Usually higher for the same size electric car because heavier. That could change with battery and charging tech improvements though...
- ...
One could also argue that the following heavyweights should be included:
- oil wars.
- untaxed negative environmental externalities:
- oil spills
- CO2 and other harmful gas emissions
- car tire particles from both ICE and electric cars ...
- direct car purchase subsidies (almost exclusively electric)
- oil production subsidies. You might want to have a look at [0].
- wind and solar electricity production subsidies.
- road infrastructure building and maintenance.
- ...One could also argue that the following heavyweights should be included:
- oil wars.
- untaxed negative environmental externalities:
[0] http://www.taxpayer.net/wp-content/uploads/ported/images/dow... .