Manufacturers adjust to the best financial option. The current administration destroyed the progress toward electric normalization. Be more specific than blaming an entire country.
It’s not just manufacturers or the government. There are opportunities for encouraging EV adoption, and even making money while doing so, all over the place. Companies are just mostly choosing not to implement them.
For example, on a recent road trip I went inside a shopping mall for the first time in a decade because they had a fast charging station in the parking lot and I had some some time to kill while my car charged. They made money off me in multiple ways because of the decision to build out EV infrastructure.
I’ve also booked hotels and eaten at restaurants specifically because they had charging stations on site. Even a cheap level 2 charger will do a lot to convince me to come check out your business.
Even ignoring all that, charging my car at home is about 1/4 the cost of a tank of gas, which doesn’t take my solar panels into account at all and those come with a whole host of additional benefits unrelated to EVs. The government can’t override basic math.
Which won’t stop them from trying, of course. This will result in yet another breakdown of the US car industry and ultimately yet another bailout. So in the end the tax payer will be stuck with the bill and huge amounts of money will be moved into the pockets of the owner class. System works as designed.
Excellent points. You are, however, presuming that Americans will act within their own best interests. Or that they’re capable of following basic math over the illusion of freedom given by ICE vehicles. Americans will transition, but I’m not optimistic it’ll be at a reasonable pace.
I was simplifying for the sake of brevity but you’ve covered a lot of the rest of the relevant topics.
I will say that for many consumers the only price in mind is the purchase price. When shopping for a vehicle people are not looking further than what they’re paying to drive the car home. Upkeep is an afterthought.
Manufacturers adjust to the best financial option. The current administration destroyed the progress toward electric normalization. Be more specific than blaming an entire country.
It’s not just manufacturers or the government. There are opportunities for encouraging EV adoption, and even making money while doing so, all over the place. Companies are just mostly choosing not to implement them.
For example, on a recent road trip I went inside a shopping mall for the first time in a decade because they had a fast charging station in the parking lot and I had some some time to kill while my car charged. They made money off me in multiple ways because of the decision to build out EV infrastructure.
I’ve also booked hotels and eaten at restaurants specifically because they had charging stations on site. Even a cheap level 2 charger will do a lot to convince me to come check out your business.
Even ignoring all that, charging my car at home is about 1/4 the cost of a tank of gas, which doesn’t take my solar panels into account at all and those come with a whole host of additional benefits unrelated to EVs. The government can’t override basic math.
Which won’t stop them from trying, of course. This will result in yet another breakdown of the US car industry and ultimately yet another bailout. So in the end the tax payer will be stuck with the bill and huge amounts of money will be moved into the pockets of the owner class. System works as designed.
Excellent points. You are, however, presuming that Americans will act within their own best interests. Or that they’re capable of following basic math over the illusion of freedom given by ICE vehicles. Americans will transition, but I’m not optimistic it’ll be at a reasonable pace.
I was simplifying for the sake of brevity but you’ve covered a lot of the rest of the relevant topics.
I will say that for many consumers the only price in mind is the purchase price. When shopping for a vehicle people are not looking further than what they’re paying to drive the car home. Upkeep is an afterthought.
Avg vehicle is 50k suv nowadays… Clearly they don’t mind paying extra for something that affirmss their gender and/or class.
Imagine what would happen to that average price if the US didn’t have a 100% tariff on the $8,000 BYD Seagull…
It could be 20k domestic truck allegedly… But yeah us is struggling at “capitalism”