The good news is that inflation last month was at only 3% which is fairly typical. So hopefully things are settling down. I know beer prices are starting to come back down.........I mean, that's the benchmark, right?
Which country? The US inflation number just came out at 8.5% last month.The good news is that inflation last month was at only 3% which is fairly typical. So hopefully things are settling down. I know beer prices are starting to come back down.........I mean, that's the benchmark, right?
I don't agree. Remember, it's INCOME.
That was before inflation sucked the profit out of everything. Telsa raised their price well over 14k on the MODEL Y due to rising costs. I think FMC should have used a number other than that of the EV credit.
As I told my dealer -- I don't care what they charge for cars on their lot. That's capitalism at its finest and people can choose to buy a Ford that way or not. But don't lie to me with surprise pricing when I custom order something just because legally you can and in this market it might be to your advantage. Sure, over time, that predatory behavior may come back to bite them but in the meantime I'm still screwed.
That's the dealer, not Ford. Ford has strongly encouraged dealers not to charge markups. My dealer only charged me MSRP plus tax, license, and a $200 doc fee, no markups, no accessories, nothing else.
That's a good question. For a single filer it's $150k of income, right? Everyone's situation is different, but I personally wouldn't buy a vehicle worth half my annual income.
Many people do things I wouldn't do.
Yeah, it's a good point. Maybe another reason why the new income caps aren't very fair.
Perhaps.
On principle I like the idea of the government moving to a new phase with EV's, moving away from "reward early-adopters" and moving toward "incentivize EV's more broadly across lower-income demographics". It makes sense to me, even if it's frustrating for people who may no longer be eligible. I don't think the income caps are very fair, but maybe this is outweighed by their general purpose.
I think you're giving them far too much credit. Politically, they wanted to say they're supporting an EV transition. Politically, they had to put some protectionism in it. Politically, they couldn't give free stuff to the "rich". This bill has no real thought put in to it beyond the political optics. That's why it's mostly crap without clear and precise objectives of what exactly it's trying to accomplish beyond votes in November.
All good points. People I know who live in the city/ are apartment dwellers have a serious hurdle regarding charging. If we were being serious about wide spread adoption, we would be subsidizing level 2 charging on almost every city block, and in every public garage/parking lot. But, we aren't.
