Not OP, but I’m pretty sure the point was to increase adoption of EVs. That includes the buyer, the seller, and even third parties like charging stations and equipment.
Although I will grant that the implementation was presented as savings for the customer.
CAs was for EV adoption and applied broadly to domestic and international brands, feds excluded non-US manufacturing so is goal was to “build back better” manufacturing in US (50% less rebate if battery wasn’t sourced US, too) while also promoting EV adoption-- supposedly meant to be a compromise with the America first crowd.
Neither quite work as intended due to the mark up, but it’s technically divided between consumer and seller, so there’s some benefit to consumers even if it’s only a fraction. Incentives for companies still help EV adoption too, although that really didn’t seem to work on short sighted American companies.
Frankly, the real problem was only 6 EV models qualified for the federal originally, and Tesla made out like a fucking bandit… Plus it’s not like they even had gas vehicles to sell anyway!
Not OP, but I’m pretty sure the point was to increase adoption of EVs. That includes the buyer, the seller, and even third parties like charging stations and equipment.
Although I will grant that the implementation was presented as savings for the customer.
CAs was for EV adoption and applied broadly to domestic and international brands, feds excluded non-US manufacturing so is goal was to “build back better” manufacturing in US (50% less rebate if battery wasn’t sourced US, too) while also promoting EV adoption-- supposedly meant to be a compromise with the America first crowd.
Neither quite work as intended due to the mark up, but it’s technically divided between consumer and seller, so there’s some benefit to consumers even if it’s only a fraction. Incentives for companies still help EV adoption too, although that really didn’t seem to work on short sighted American companies.
Frankly, the real problem was only 6 EV models qualified for the federal originally, and Tesla made out like a fucking bandit… Plus it’s not like they even had gas vehicles to sell anyway!