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>> And are all the ice cars going to be just left to die? Will people be reimbursed for their now-worthless scrap? Will companies and part suppliers survive the
by Kirby64 4y ago
>> And are all the ice cars going to be just left to die? Will people be reimbursed for their now-worthless scrap? Will companies and part suppliers survive the transition - they’re going to Osborne their product line!
Are we just going to let all the horse and buggys to die? Will people be reimbursed for their now worthless horses? What about coach companies and horse feed suppliers?
It's a transition just like anything else. There likely will be some deaths to some parts companies, if they can't pivot. That's healthy, although painful.
Also, Audi makes ~1.7 million cars a year. Replacing those all with EVs is a much, much easier task than replacing something like VW that makes ~8-9 M/yr cars.
- Animatronio 4y ago292 million passenger cars in EU versus 7,8 million horses - no wonder nobody gives a damn about horses yet people care a lot about car batteries. edit: also, nobody taxed horse owners extra just to clear the way for cars.
- barbazoo 4y ago> nobody taxed horse owners extra just to clear the way for cars. What tax are you referring to?
- Animatronio 4y agoThere was no tax! People switched to cars simply because they wanted to, not because they were forced to. Whereas there is a tax levied on ICEs in many places.
- barbazoo 4y agoYes, I'm interested what those taxes on ICEs are that don't apply on EVs.
- Animatronio 4y agohttps://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/running/do-electric-cars-pay-the-congestion-charge/ https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/running/do-electri... https://www.acea.auto/fact/overview-electric-vehicles-tax-benefits-purchase-incentives-in-the-european-union-2022/ https://www.acea.auto/fact/overview-electric-vehicles-tax-be... (download the pdf for the full table)
- barbazoo 4y agoThat's not really what you claimed though > nobody taxed horse owners extra just to clear the way for cars. This implies an extra tax on ICE to make them switch to EV.
- Animatronio 4y agoHow about this: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/fiscal-instruments-favouring-electric-over https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/fiscal-instruments-fa... "Examples from a number of countries show that this uptake can be enhanced by well-designed incentives and taxes." "most European countries have based their vehicle taxation schemes on type-approval CO2 emission values and increased the number of incentives to purchase new electric vehicles." To me it seems that ICE owners are taxed more compared to EV owners. I don't understand what exactly it is you argue against.