> since it only benefits those who can afford cars

Ostensibly, it would benefit everyone by helping to address climate change.

Subsidizing other forms of transport probably helps climate change more per dollar.

	▲	bigbadfeline a day ago \| parent [-]
		Big diesel trucks pollute much more than everything else. Nat gas isn't even considered around here. Maybe in California?

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smegma2 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

True, I would be interested to hear to what extent EV subsidies sway people who are already planning to buy a car vs people who would otherwise not buy a car. The former category is almost definitely larger but to what extent?

	▲	vrighter a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		not american, but we had decent ev grants here. Never really factored them in. I needed to buy a new car one day, and the only small one i could find was electric. The grant on top of that was just a happy bonus, i would have bought it anyway (and it's an electric quadricycle, which has a smaller subsidy, I could have gotten an actual car for cheaper, wibh a bigger subsidy too). Before my old car crapped out, I never even thought I'd buy electric or not, I was just planning to buy the one i liked best. The subsidy had no sway over me.
	▲	parineum 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If automakers are losing billions in revenue as a result, quite a few apparently.