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Originally Posted by Red Bread
The simple convenience and safety of my wife not ever going to a shitty gas station again is appealing. Plus the benefit of me not having to take her car to the gas station for her. Add in only needed infrequent brake jobs (with electronic brakes getting closer, just about no service requirements) and related OTA servicing.
To say that government incentives are the only appeal is supremely off the mark. TX has made it impossible to get the state incentive on a Tesla, yet the damn things are literally everywhere. Federal incentive on Teslas end soon and that will likely have minimal impact on their sales. The Model Y is going to further disrupt the German hold on SUV sales.
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So the history of the EV market development went pretty much like this:
Early 1990's ... CARB mandated a certain amount of zero emission vehicles be sold in California by each manufacturer.
Mid-1990's ... GM introduced the EV-1 in California. Dumped the concept because there was no marketplace for EV's other than California.
Mid-2000's ... EV tax credits issued under US energy legislation in trade for carbon fuel industry wants. Carbon Credits invented by Al Gore.
EV marketplace dominated by rising Tesla, financially supported by federal tax credits and carbon credits sales to other corporations.
Go ask Henry Ford how much help he got from the Federal government to start the US automotive industry.