This Is What Happens When You Kill Electric Car Tax Breaks

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from Jalopnik 6/2/17

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In the fall of 2015, the Liberal-led government of Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen announced the progressive phasing out of tax breaks on electric cars, citing budget constraints and the desire to level the playing field.

Tesla, whose sales were skyrocketing at the time, lobbied against the move, with Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk warning during a visit to Copenhagen that sales would be hit.

The new tax regime “completely killed the market,” Laerke Flader, head of the Danish Electric Car Alliance, said in a recent interview. “Price really matters.”

If it doesn't work in Denmark...

Please don't dent the planet.

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>If it doesn't work in Denmark...

. . . then don't make the same mistake here.

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>If it doesn't work in Denmark...

. . . then don't make the same mistake here.

Yep...wouldn't want a level playing field where all makers must compete.

Please don't dent the planet.

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>Yep...wouldn't want a level playing field where all makers must compete.

I'd love a level playing field. Make each car manufacturer and each energy supplier pay for everything they use - and cause.

Want to remove a mountaintop to get at the coal beneath? Buy the mountain, then you can remove it. Want to sell the coal and make a profit? Pay for the damage that it causes out of those profits.

Want to drill for oil? Buy the land you are drilling. No cheap leases for drilling. Then when you go to sell it, if you have trashed it, no one will want to buy it - so you'll actually have an incentive to not trash it.

Want to sell a new car? Build it to meet the same standards that all cars have to meet. Want an exception to CAFE because you want to build a really big SUV? Sorry, follow the standards.

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You need to look at how Denmark taxes auto sales to get a full handle on the issue there.
Best to be sitting down when you see the tax rates.

https://electrek.co/2017/04/19/denmark-electric-vehicle-incentive/

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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You need to look at how Denmark taxes auto sales to get a full handle on the issue there.
Best to be sitting down when you see the tax rates.

https://electrek.co/2017/04/19/denmark-electric-vehicle-incentive/

I should have named the thread "these are the tax rates you must pay if you want the government to give you everything for free".

Please don't dent the planet.

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govt ending up putting $10B of our money into saving GM and Chrysler during the bailout. $80B in bailout money and only ever recovered $70B. Maybe if we let them sink, GM could have been purchased on the open market for pennies on the dollar, and we might have ended up with cheaper cars as a result.

so much for level playing fields.....