Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022, which allocated millions to combating climate change and other energy provisions while additionally establishing a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles. To qualify for the subsidy 40% of the critical minerals used in electric-vehicle batteries must be sourced in the U.S. EU and South Korean officials argues that the subsidies discriminated against their automotive, renewable-energy, battery and energy-intensive industries. Proponents argue that the tax credits will help combat climate change by encouraging consumers to purchase EVs and stop driving gas powered automobiles. Opponents argue that the tax credits will only hurt domestic battery and EV producers.
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No, we should subsidise and improve public transport instead.
@B4BPF7T13hrs13H
No, but provide incentives to the manufacturers so the prices for electric vehicles are more affordable.
@B43Y6B32wks2W
No, not until electric vehicles are more widely accessible to the middle-class
@B3TZ7VF3wks3W
No, but provide subsidies to companies so to reduce the prices of EVs.
@B2SXP9S2mos2MO
No, but provide subsidy to companies who produce them to make them cheaper to purchase.
@B2MS8CZ2mos2MO
if this was 5 years ago yes, but every second car these days is electric
Yes, provided it is not considered a luxury EV and on a limited scale.
I think there should be subsidies but it should not be limited to the US as other countries have those resources and Elon Musk supports harmful ideologies
@9ZM933G4mos4MO
now these subsidies are starting to look like another form of coercion. If you dont do X .. we'll charge you more.. but if you do what we want we will give you a gold start and some cash back.
Does our government actually know any other way than bullying and coercion via our only means of survival (money) that the system has forced upon us all? Seriously the government every day is looking more and more like a husband who controls is wife. Go look at services australia description of domestic abuse and you see ALL the tactics government deploy and entertain deploying upon its people. Our politicians now seem to be made up of abusers of trust and power.
@9ZLWWTLOne Nation5mos5MO
No, if your that stupid then you should have to be taxed. The actual environmental impact from an electric vehicle is immense
@9RZM3V98mos8MO
Yes, until electric vehicles become a lower price than their alternatives.
@9RKZCVB8mos8MO
Yes, for now, until electric vehicle prices become cheaper than their petroleum counterparts.
@9QSVZXT9mos9MO
No, use any funds that could be spent on this on public transit
@9QS3S9L9mos9MO
Yes, for the time-being, until prices for electric vehicles become cheaper.
@9PSLVTY9mos9MO
Yes, for the time-being, until costs for electric vehicles become lower.
@9PDPBQY10mos10MO
Yes, for the time-being, until costs for electric vehicles are reduced.
@9NKY9G910mos10MO
No, they should give subsidies to those who purchase Hydrogen powered vehicles
@9J54WTY1yr1Y
No, electric vehicles are only part of the problem. Use the money to build better cycling infrastructure and public transport instead.
Are electric vehicles that environmentally friendly?
@9HS75FK1yr1Y
No, government should not be involved in such a purchase.
No, and the government should focus money into battery recycling facilities.
No, but provide subsidy to companies who produce the vehicles to reduce the cost of EVs as a whole.
@B32BGKC2mos2MO
no we should be making public transport free and improve it's quality instead, electric vehicles still harm the planet
No, most of the people looking to purchase electric vehicles are already wealthy and don't need subsidies.
Yes, provided the vehicle is not from countries such as China or Russia.
@9VKRS6Z6mos6MO
No EVS working class need their cars or we will go back to the 1940s walk bicycles combos or bus
Yes, until electric vehicles are more affordable than alternative vehicles
@9TQ6P2F6mos6MO
Yes, until electric vehicles are cheaper than petroleum fuelled vehicles
@9SYC4SQ7mos7MO
Focus on removing fossil fuels too, make EVs powered by electricity from solars and other renewables.
@9MYFHGP10mos10MO
Cars powered by internal combustion and cars powered by electricity or hybrids are all still cars. Cars are inherently on a mass scale a very inefficient way to travel and ruin cities. Instead, as I've said earlier numerous times in this test, public transport should be free, efficient, guaranteed as a right and incentivised to reduce the need to own a car and hence decrease pollution, waste and congestion.
@9MKDJ6V11mos11MO
No, fund cycling infrastructure and public transport instead.
@9LMH63K12mos12MO
No, but ensure all vehicles are taxed for road impact and emissions.
@9L7PM6TDavid Pocock1yr1Y
No, this disproportionately benefits the wealthy few that can afford EVs
Sort of, but it depends how much electricity they use
Yes, but electrical vehicles should look toward ethical lithium usage
@9K8TZN2New Liberal1yr1Y
No, just remove the taxes and tariffs that make them so expensive. On the proviso that the manufacturer and licensee have set up and or are directly involved in resource recycling of their product - cradle to cradle.
Instead of directly subsiding taxpayers who buy electric vehicles, the government should invest in infrastructure that would make electric vehicles a more practical choice.
Yes, but better infrastructure needs to be put in place to support electric vehicles, so we aren't powering our electric cars with fossil fuel electricity
@9SSKRHN 7mos7MO
The repairs tax and development is decided and decision making
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