Just be clear, I'm glad we have (had?) the subsidy. I was only making a
point that the subsidy is real.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Willie via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
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Sent: 22-Dec-16 3:55:10 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] 4th-gen is the "smartest" 42ED EV yet r:160km
ts:130kph, 0-100kph:11.5s
On 12/22/2016 05:37 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote:
Peri,
Agreed, only it is not going to Tesla/Nissan but to their customers.
The manufacturers are not reaping direct benefits other than that
their
prices are artificially lowered for those customers who qualify for
(part of) the tax credit.
The vehicle market is heavy regulated and incentivized anyway, that is
why in some countries the majority of vehicles run on Diesel and in
another country on Ethanol and yet another country has a large chunk
of
vehicles run on LPG/CNG while in USA consumer vehicles run almost
exclusively on Petrol "gas" and slowly a shift towards electric
drive...
Of course there is a good reason for incentives as the emissions from
road-going vehicles make a large chunk of the pollution of the air
that
we breathe daily, so it directly affects our collective health.
Anyway,
we are straying away from the topic, so let's just say that the review
of the Smart is interesting, a couple concepts are not well
understood/translated by the editor but in general it is a positive
review of a useful city vehicle.
It is semi-important to realize that the $7.5k income tax credit
incentive is much a lower subsidy for Tesla than for most other EVs.
Around 10% for a Tesla. For an imiev, it might be near 50%. Right
now, for a new 24kwh Leaf, it seems to be around 30%. So, for that
incentive, it is not fair/honest to claim that Tesla is feeding off of
government subsidies; other EV makers are getting MUCH more.
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