> Tesla along with pretty much all car manufacturers charge the same amount for an EV in places that offer an incentive such as California
Did you do your research? Are you aware that the incentive in California has been suspended for a while now?
Regarding the coupon question... I'm sure you've heard of the phenomenon of raising a price, then offering a coupon. It's not just some brittle hallucination. It's just to say that it isn't so black and white. A coupon isn't a tax or a subsidy, it's a marketing gimmick.
Does any of this matter? If the BYD were sold in America for $10,000, is there any doubt that prices on other EVs would go down, beneficial for all Americans, including the ones affected by layoffs due to high interest rates responding to inflation... even if nobody bought the BYD?
Did you do your research? Are you aware that the incentive in California has been suspended for a while now?
Regarding the coupon question... I'm sure you've heard of the phenomenon of raising a price, then offering a coupon. It's not just some brittle hallucination. It's just to say that it isn't so black and white. A coupon isn't a tax or a subsidy, it's a marketing gimmick.
Does any of this matter? If the BYD were sold in America for $10,000, is there any doubt that prices on other EVs would go down, beneficial for all Americans, including the ones affected by layoffs due to high interest rates responding to inflation... even if nobody bought the BYD?
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