EVs are currently out of reach of most people. Now what happens when they’re the only thing you can buy? From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
It’s interesting that the pushing of EVs comes from the Left. Didn’t the Left used to rail about the rich oppressing the average person? The worker?
Well, how does the EV not do exactly that?
Are they not pushing average people – workers! – out of the market for new cars by increasing the cost of an”electrified” new car by 30-50 percent? (Plus the cost to insure it – which goes up in proportion to the replacement cost of the car. Which – in the case of EVs – is apt to be even higher due the increased risk of a spontaneous fire.)
How many workers – how many middle-class people – can afford the $50,000-ish average cost of an entry level EV? Plus the insurance. Plus the personal property taxes that are applied to vehicle ownership (cough) in many states.
Plus the cost of having their home’s electrical panel upgraded to handle a “Level II” charging circuit – which will need its own 30 amp breaker – so that they can recharge the EV in less than a day or two.
All of that times two – because most families need more than just one car. If both are EVs – because all you’re allowed to buy (or own) are EVs – the total cost will be close to $100,000 on the low end.
How many workers can afford that?
The rich can, of course.
