First, lets get this out the way. The king of government subsidies is Elon Musk. He owers the existence of Tesla to Obama. And the US government funded SpaceX. Yes, SpaceX produced but not without help.
Government has always supported new technology. The truth is China is kicking our ass in EVs, renewables, and the simple ability to actually execute a plan that takes longer than months (or four years) to bear fruit.
China has something like in excess of 120 EV brands, ten companies competing for most of the business. The less expensive models are in the $10,000 to $20,000 price range. Higher end models have every feature you'd want.
There are 10,000,000 charging stations.
I just boughtt a new car after deciding my 2008 Prius was simply missing today's technology. I WANTED to buy an EV. Cheaper to run, simple, no pollution. I did not want to spend $60,000 plus for a model that didn't really give me what I wanted. I bought a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid instead for under $35,000 and I get 50MPG.
GM had the Bolt for under $30,000 and they killed it. It was a bit smaller than what I wanted but the price was right.
China is selling EVs in other countries. The US can't even get our own market going. We are total losers.
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