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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jesus, what a stupid fucking hill to die on. Republicans never cease to amaze and appall.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I don't get it. I understand wanting to reduce or eliminate subsidies (they're just a cash handout to dealers and manufacturers imo), but there's no logical reason to be against EVs.

Here's my proposal: allow tax credits for private sales. Perhaps add some requirements to certify that the seller owned the car more than a year or something to qualify to prevent flipping.

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There is a logical reason to be against forced adoption before the technology matures. For a lot of the country they are not a viable replacement for ICE yet. They’re improving, but not as fast as ICEs are being phased out and that leaves a lot of places where a dwindling used market will be the only option for many people.

[–] Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hybrids: am I a joke to you?

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

They’re a joke to all the manufacturers that went all in on EVs before the market fell out from under them.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What are you talking about? Pretty much the only thing I see on the used market are ICE vehicles. Do you live somewhere where they're legitimately hard to find?

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Prices for even 200k mile used vehicles are skyrocketing and cheap new cars simply don’t exist. Yes, ICE is the majority of vehicles out there, especially in rural areas, but they are more expensive and less available than ever. 10 years ago I bought a 100k mile Volvo wagon for $10k, put 50k more miles on it then sold it for $5k; if I wanted to buy the exact same car back today with 250k miles i would need to pay $15k for it. As manufacturers shift to EVs that problem is only going to get worse.