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I can't tell from the article whether we are talking about state paid charging or private charging (the article implies both). For privately funded charging, I

• sofixa 4y ago
  > I don't see why taxpayers should subsidise your Tesla Because it's in the taxpayers' interest for everyone to move to EVs ( if nothing else for the cleaner air), thus it's something that should be incentivised.
  • slowhand09 4y ago
    By EV I surmise you mean battery-powered vehicle. You do realize that batteries do not produce energy. They merely store it. Somewhere, off in the distance, a coal or gas-fired generator is producing a significant majority portion of that electric energy. Also the "taxpayers" that want an EV, have one. The break-even folk who get as much back as they pay in taxes may be wanna-be owners of EVs. The folks who are net receivers of tax dollars aren't likely EV candidates.
    • 30944836 4y ago
      >Somewhere, off in the distance, a coal or gas-fired generator is producing a significant majority portion of that electric energy For every car that is produced, two things are true: (1) It takes fossil fuels to make and deliver them. (2) It takes fossil fuels to run them. For every internal combustion engine car produced in 2022, both (1) and (2) will true for the entire life of the vehicle, which in the US is around 12 years. For every electric car, only (1) is guaranteed to be true for the life of the car. (2) is a choice, one that we can change in the 12 years that vehicle in on the road.
    • Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
      > Somewhere, off in the distance, a coal or gas-fired generator is producing a significant majority portion of that electric energy. This is a tired, old, and refuted argument. In the long term, even if your power is 100% coal, in terms of CO2, an EV will be better than an ICE. And coal power plants aren't going to last forever. Green energy is growing.
    • dfxm12 4y ago
      Somewhere, off in the distance, a coal or gas-fired generator is producing a significant majority portion of that electric energy. Some food for thought: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2020/03/30/yes-electric-cars-are-cleaner-even-when-the-power-comes-from-coal https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2020/03/30/yes-electr... Then, once more and more EV's are on the road, the benefits of moving to cleaner energy will be even greater.
  • golemiprague 4y ago
    Then this money should go to poor people so they can replace their car with EV, not to the richest segment of the population who will buy it anyway. The main cost of EV is not charging, it is the car itself, actually many people will be happy to pay for charging rather than petrol, it is just that they can't afford the price of a new EV.
• Beltalowda 4y ago
  > For publicly funded charging, I don't see why taxpayers should subsidise your Tesla. I think that's the wrong way to see it; it's not really "subsidising your Tesla", but rather "making a start building the infrastructure of tomorrow". And building the general infrastructure has always been the government's business to a large degree (at the local, state, or federal level).
• rtp4me 4y ago
  Have to agree here. I own a Tesla and would certainly not expect the state to provide free charging.
• r00fus 4y ago
  You must really love HOV lanes.