Tesla's goal is to hasten the adoption electric vehicles. The others goal is to delay adoption.
On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 14:16 paul dove via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > The other car companies got the same tax credits as Tesla and they built > zero public chargers > > > Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 10:15 AM, EV List Lackey via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > On 12 Feb 2022 at 13:37, paul dove via EV wrote: > > > They should reimburse Tesla for their charging network if they're > > gonna put chargers in for all the other companies > > I don't see why. Tesla chose to bundle the cost of their exclusive, > private, proprietary charging into the $100k price of their early models. > > I don't think that they should have been allowed to build Tesla-only EV > charging, any more than Ford and GM should have been allowed to build > filling stations for their own cars over a century ago. Regardless, it > was > Musk's own free choice. > > Besides, I'd argue that Tesla's Superchargers WERE indirectly subsidized, > through the EV purchase tax credits. > > That said, I think that governments SHOULD have directly subsidized > Tesla's > charging network, AND required that it be open to ALL EVs with no > advantage > or preference for Teslas. In fact I'd be fine with them doing that for > future Tesla stations. > > > by the way I paid $200 a year tax on my electric vehicle in Alabama > > They're punishing you for doing social good. Typical tantrum for a > regressive, anti-EV, anti-environment government. They should instead be > giving you a $200 yearly EV tax *credit* as a reward. > > Optimum solution: move. That way Alabama won't get ANY of your taxes. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > "My country, right or wrong" is a thing that no patriot would > think of saying except in a desperate case. It's like saying > "My mother, drunk or sober." > > -- G K Chesterton > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220212/8588a3a2/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220212/ada90cb6/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
