> The migration to electric vehicles will happen, and must happen, over a couple of decades - and likely more time after that for heavy-duty use cases. EV1's f

> The migration to electric vehicles will happen, and must happen, over a couple of decades - and likely more time after that for heavy-duty use cases. EV1's first appeared on the road in '96 (and it wasn't the first EV), so that means we've got a few years to go! ;-) Either way, California's plan is well within a "couple of decades". > Trying to go faster will generate needless and extensive backlash, cost a lot of money, and lead to a lot of unsatisfactory experiences. Same goes for not migrating, so you pick your poison. > Somewhere along the adoption curve, electric vehicles will be cheaper than gas, and they are already (in many ways, though not range!) better than gas. They already cheaper than ICEs. > Therefore, even though subsidies were instrumental in getting electric off the ground a decade ago, it makes no sense to further subsidize at this time. If there is an irresistible urge to spend more money, spend it on infrastructure. You might want to check the particulars on Prop 30. It does put money into spending on infrastructure. But hey, if we want to take back the subsidies on gas instead of increasing subsidies on electric, I'm okay with that.