How to Boost EV Sales? Pay Drivers to Turn in Old Polluting Cars | US state-level policymakers are rolling out big incentives for electric vehicle buyers who surrender a gas-powered model
How to Boost EV Sales? Pay Drivers to Turn in Old Polluting Cars | US state-level policymakers are rolling out big incentives for electric vehicle buyers who surrender a gas-powered model
Or just invest in public transit instead of more cars?
In practice, we need ebikes, cycling infrastructure, better transit, and EVs. No one thing can be enough to get to where we need to be.
Sure but when it comes to investment using public money the worst options need not make the cut. You can count on people to blow copious amounts of their own money on the convenience and luxury of EVs. Public money should be focused on cycling infrastructure in the most full-blown way possible. And if there is still money to spend, then public transit. #fuckCars.
How about not charging 5 years salary of the average people for a car.
Cash for clunkers2.0
It would be a good move, provided that it's also associated with rules to stop making huge gas-guzzling trucks as a single-person commuter vehicle.
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A lot of cities have started programs which do in fact pay people to move to an ebike.
How about pay people to retrofit. If they can standardize swaps for the Civics/Camrys/Accords and such, they could make a big dent.
EV’s are capitalism’s solution to the climate crisis. In other words, they are worthless, except to car-manufacture executives. Invest in public transportation and bike accessibility.
You can do both...
The majority of my driving is for hiking actually, so public transport wouldn't help me
I mean you're right.
I could keep driving my same car for another 5 years, at the cost of about $150 month plus odd repairs, or I can pay $300/ month for something new. I have big worries about the cost of battery repairs as well.
I really want to adopt an EV, but my clunker is super cheap to drive and easy to fix.
At some point you end up needing an expensive repair and the price calculus changes.
Eventually, yeah. If I add a new motor and clutch over that time the cost goes up to $200/month. I'm still not high enough to justify the cost of a new car with increased insurance and taxes.
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They are paying you to throw away probably the biggest plastic thing you own. How thoughtful.
Here's the thing: the bulk of the climate damage cars do happens during operations.
Replacing fossil-fuel-burning ones with ones which don't burn fossil fuels is a net win for any car that's actually driven several times per week.
It's better to get people onto bikes, ebikes, or mass transit, but those won't work for 100% of the population.
I'll keep my hybrid and wait for the solid state battery.
Cash for clunkers part 2 electric boogaloo!
Now with even more "Poor people shouldn't be allowed to drive"