Comment by hackyhacky
4 months ago
At least in some jurisdictions, cars old enough (eg 30 years) are considered antiques and are exempted from emissions requirements.
4 months ago
At least in some jurisdictions, cars old enough (eg 30 years) are considered antiques and are exempted from emissions requirements.
Laws can always change as more and more people make use of loopholes to avoid taxes. Same how EVs lost their subsidies as more and more people are buying them. Governments always adapt to losses in tax revenue by finding new things to tax, it's the only thing they're efficient at.
And in some jurisdictions, there are "incentives to scrap older, more polluting cars in exchange for a grant or discount towards a newer, cleaner vehicle"
e.g.
https://carowl.co.uk/wisdombase/selling/car-scrappage-scheme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System
Only if there are very few of them. If there's a critical mass of EV refuseniks in the future they will be banned.
>EV refuseniks
What about the EV unafordaniks?
At some point EVs will be cheaper on the sticker price and cheaper to run. The US car industry is desperately trying to prevent this, but it looks like China is crossing that point.
(I would be very interested in sticker price / fuel price / subsidy / tax accounting EV vs ICE breakdowns from inside China)
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New EV prices are still falling for entry-level models. This is not the Ferrari, of course.
In a few years new EVs prices will be below equivalent ICE vehicles. Total cost of ownership already often is.
Second-hand EVs already are a bargain. EV owners complain about poor resale prices, but that's good for the buyer.