Road to Electric Vehicles: Carrot for the Wealthy, Stick for the Rest
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 11:20 pm
Commentary Despite years of coercive effort on the part of the government and billions spent trying to get Canadians to buy electric vehicles, only a mere 5 percent of drivers have chosen to go electric. Research conducted by the Department of Natural Resources concluded that most Canadians simply found electric vehicles to be too expensive to purchase. So how has the government responded to this information? They are expanding the range of their subsidy program to cover vehicles worth as much as $70,000 in some cases. It used to cap out at $55,000. If people couldn’t afford to get into an electric vehicle worth $55,000 with a $5,000 price break, why would the government think they would buy into a $70,000 one? We are witnessing government logic at its best here. ...
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Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/road-to-e ... 23479.html