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Originally Posted by suesheboy
We must incentivize people switching away from oil.
This is one of the most obvious places to start. Add incentives for home solar panels and storage (Like what Tesla is making) and no one would have a reason to buy a new gas powered car.
My disappointment is the reliability is now considered considerably poor.
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The only way to incentivize is for the govt. to give tax breaks to the companies (not hand them money) and for the manufacturer to bring down costs.
This technology HAS to stand on it's own two feet in the marketplace without having to be propped up with money from the taxpayers.
Corporate tax rates would be a great place to start for ALL businesses. The U.S. having one of the highest rates in the world is part of what has caused so many problems for jobs.
State taxes need to be reigned in on some of these corporations as well. You want the price of Tesla to come down so more people can afford it...then we need to lower the cost of doing business for the company.
I don't see any reason that can't be done and that electric cars can't be CHEAPER to buy than gas powered ones.