4 ms·

Meanwhile in Poland… A new law is being prepared (just got through the senate and went to the president for final approval) that introduces subsides for EVs, a

by jwr 7y ago

Meanwhile in Poland… A new law is being prepared (just got through the senate and went to the president for final approval) that introduces subsides for EVs, and… wait for it… Natural-gas powered vehicles. Yup. LNG. And the subsidy for those is supposed to be TWICE as much as for electrics. This sounds mind-bogglingly insane, but starts making a little sense once you realize that Poland has almost no natural gas production, and buys it, mostly from Russia. There is no facepalm emoji big enough to finish this with. For Polish readers, see http://moto.pl/MotoPL/7,170318,24943189,doplaty-do-samochodow-elektrycznych-coraz-blizej-senat-przyjal.html http://moto.pl/MotoPL/7,170318,24943189,doplaty-do-samochodo... for details.

m0zg 7y ago
According to the article, they give up to $20K for an LNG car. That's quite a subsidy, if it's not a Google Translator screw-up. I was going to say that electrics shouldn't be subsidized at all (because that'd just be subsidizing the rich), but the amount of subsidy changes my position: with a $20K subsidy something like Nissan Leaf becomes quite affordable.
- jwr 7y ago
  Yes, that's about right. $20k for LNG, and about $9.5k for electrics. Insane priorities, if you ask me, given our current climate crisis.
- llukas 7y ago
  up to $20K for LNG or hyrdogen up to $10K for electrics I think key caveat is in "up to".
mymythisisthis 7y ago
I'm thinking I'd rather buy an LNG (natural-gas) it is the cleanest burning fuel, and the money goes to Russia (as opposed to Saudi Arabia). LNG is the cleanest burning fuel, and the money goes to a democracy ( a weak democracy, but still a democracy).
- rimliu 7y ago
  I wonder, how many Poles consider Russia to be a democracy.