Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks
by coldtea on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:19AM
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>This is not a good argument. EVs are expensive. But having electric vehicles clearly has an advantage. And it may be in the government’s interest to drive adoption.
That's OK (ignoring all the other environmental costs of EVs and the continued car use, as opposed to public transit).
But it doens't fit with the "they buy them because they're better/fancier/cooler" narrative. As another person writes below: "I like driving, and my next car will most likely be an EV, not because it's "better' (whatever that means), but because the Australian Taxation Office has modified the treatment of EVs to make buying anything else financially stupid."
That's OK (ignoring all the other environmental costs of EVs and the continued car use, as opposed to public transit).
But it doens't fit with the "they buy them because they're better/fancier/cooler" narrative. As another person writes below: "I like driving, and my next car will most likely be an EV, not because it's "better' (whatever that means), but because the Australian Taxation Office has modified the treatment of EVs to make buying anything else financially stupid."