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JKJ420 t1_j1tmqlt wrote

Reply to comment by BranWafr in 2023 tax credits for EVs will boost their appeal by PhantomWizard2099

I read your reply to another comment on this thread and I don't understand why you wrote your first comment in the first place. Let me explain.

You could make this comment on literally any consumer product, that gets a discount/credit, but you don't need at the time.

The problem is not having this thought, but the fact that you felt the need to tell people about it. Just imagine if on every reddit post (or real life comment), everybody would write: "I want this, but I don't need this right now, so why the discount/credit?"

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BranWafr t1_j1tnwbw wrote

Because the average price for an Electric Vehicle is almost $60k right now. A $7500 tax credit doesn't really do much to make it more affordable. (Especially since it is a tax credit, not a rebate. So you still have to pay the full price upfront. And chances of getting the full $7500 credit are pretty slim with all of the fine print.) And there's still an average 8 month waiting list to actually get an electric car these days so, if the tax credit makes them more popular, it's going to take even longer since they can't keep up with demand as it is, so increasing it will only make it worse.

I don't need to be currently shopping for an item to point out that a promotion for that item has some drawbacks or isn't really that good of a deal.

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nyconx t1_j1uluvp wrote

$7500 off of a $60K vehicle might not look that impressive, but on a $27k vehicle it feels like a steal.

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