Huffington Post 01/14/2019 - Car Companies Aren’t Even Trying To Sell Electric Cars
If electric cars are gonna fly, the American public has to want them. For the majority, They don't and car dealerships aren't pushing them either. Sorry!
So the only thing that the electric car credit does on the tax form is to put some of the cost of electric cars on the public as a whole as a tax expenditure. Thank You!
For many people, they do not fit into their lifestyle or needs.
In many states, the fuel tax on traditional vehicles is just morphed into another tax on electric cars -
to pay their "fair-share", I assume.
Tesla maybe the exception, right now, but how many folks can afford those (but Thanks for the tax credit) - they certainly don't fill the need of a BIG truck or SUV. For the most part they do not utilize the dealership selling method - and BTW, getting insurance coverage for them is somethimes a real thrill - just finding it. Might be somewhat better now since a short history has been built on the risk factors.
Sounds like to me that any TAX CREDIT, if there is one at all, should be focused on the car manufacturer and the dealers because it is there that the incentives for promoting and selling them needs liffe support.
from the link ~
. . . . the difference in spending may also reflect the fact that big trucks and SUVs are more profitable for automakers.
“[Trucks and SUVs] are selling to less price-sensitive consumers,” Greene said. “So it’s possible to get a higher profit.” The economics of EVs are different. “When you are in the compact or subcompact passenger car segment — unless it is a luxury vehicle — you are generally facing very price-sensitive consumers,” Greene said. “This makes it difficult to get extra profit.”
Technological advancements will yield cheaper batteries, making EVs more cost-competitive, and thus, more profitable for manufacturers. To really drive the price of electric vehicles, however, automakers will simply need to produce more of them. “That is one major factor in bringing down the cost — scale and learning by doing,” Greene said. “The more you sell, the cheaper the vehicles get, and that’s a big deal for electric vehicles.”
Geoffrey Moore’s technology adoption curve. Moore argued that there was a chasm separating the early adopters of a new technology and the later converts and that companies would need to work hard to cross this chasm. Some experts have argued that electric vehicles are stuck in this chasm.
Stuck in the chasm with little work to get the breakout by the major car companies.
