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Originally Posted by ssiguy
That policy is the same given by real estate developers and we know how well that has worked out. Increasingly supply to lower prices is only successful when you are increasing supply for goods that are affordable.
For EVs that means not only increasing the availability of new EV cars but also used ones and nothing will get them onto the market faster and more affordably than ICE to EV conversions. Such a policy is vastly superior to just subsidizing new vehicles not only economically but also environmentally.
By changing your car to EV from ICE, doesn't mean new/recycled steel which id done by coal or natural gas and distribution of the vehicles by oil. More importantly it will get millions of people into the EV market who could not afford to be there if they can't buy new. This would REALLY increase supply in for all regardless of socio-economic status. Also people who use heavily used cars tend to be of lower incomes and the older the cars, the more polluting so you would be getting the most polluting vehicles off the road faster.
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If you want to flood the market with used EV the best solution is to create a subsidy for car rental companies to get EV. They usually hold on to the for a year or two at the most then flip them.