I have been covering material on the costs of electric vehicles, since this is one of the key planks of the climate change agenda. As I see it, the inadequacies of electric vehicles will become quite clear once the fossil fuelled cars are put off the road, if not much sooner, and by then, the agenda will be to lock people into 15-minute cities, since they will not have relatively cheap and effective transport. So, it is important to fight this business now.
Coming from America is more critical material, this time from the think tank Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF). A report that it has recently released has shown that electric vehicles have been subsidised by governments, and would cost tens of thousands of dollars more without tax payer paid incentives and support. In the US, the government supplies $ 22 billion in support to the electric car industry and owners. Without these handouts, the average new electric vehicle would cost $48,698 more to own over a 10-year period. According to the Report: "It is not an overstatement to say that the federal government is subsidizing EVs to a greater degree than even wind and solar electricity generation and embarking on an unprecedented endeavor to remake the entire American auto industry." "Despite these massive incentives, EVs are receiving a tepid response from the majority of Americans who cannot shoulder their higher cost." For consumers then, EV already “stink.”