When EVs were a niche luxury product, government subsidies helped bridge the chasm to mass adoption. Today, the Tesla Model Y is the best-selling car in the world. The market has tipped. Continuing to hand thousands of dollars to affluent buyers is a regressive tax policy masquerading as environmentalism.
EV Subsidy Efficiency Tracker
Calculate the cost per ton of CO2 averted by EV subsidies versus alternative interventions.
Capital Misallocation
Every dollar spent subsidizing a personal EV is a dollar not spent on grid modernization, public transit, or building out fast-charging infrastructure in rural areas—the actual bottlenecks to complete adoption.
FAQ
- Won't removing subsidies slow adoption?
- Marginally. But price parity with ICE vehicles is already here for many models due to battery cost curves. The bottleneck is now charging anxiety, not sticker price.
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