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.
No, most of the people looking to purchase electric vehicles are already wealthy and don't need subsidies.
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
@9ZM933G2wks2W
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 Nation2wks2W
No, if your that stupid then you should have to be taxed. The actual environmental impact from an electric vehicle is immense
@9RZM3V94mos4MO
Yes, until electric vehicles become a lower price than their alternatives.
@9RKZCVB4mos4MO
Yes, for now, until electric vehicle prices become cheaper than their petroleum counterparts.
@9QSVZXT5mos5MO
No, use any funds that could be spent on this on public transit
@9QS3S9L5mos5MO
Yes, for the time-being, until prices for electric vehicles become cheaper.
@9PSLVTY5mos5MO
Yes, for the time-being, until costs for electric vehicles become lower.
@9PDPBQY5mos5MO
Yes, for the time-being, until costs for electric vehicles are reduced.
@9NKY9G96mos6MO
No, they should give subsidies to those who purchase Hydrogen powered vehicles
@9J54WTY11mos11MO
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?
@9HS75FK11mos11MO
No, government should not be involved in such a purchase.
Yes, provided the vehicle is not from countries such as China or Russia.
@9VKRS6Z2mos2MO
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
@9TQ6P2F2mos2MO
Yes, until electric vehicles are cheaper than petroleum fuelled vehicles
@9SYC4SQ3mos3MO
Focus on removing fossil fuels too, make EVs powered by electricity from solars and other renewables.
@9MYFHGP6mos6MO
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.
@9MKDJ6V6mos6MO
No, fund cycling infrastructure and public transport instead.
@9LMH63K7mos7MO
No, but ensure all vehicles are taxed for road impact and emissions.
@9L7PM6TDavid Pocock8mos8MO
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 Liberal9mos9MO
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 3mos3MO
The repairs tax and development is decided and decision making
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