It puzzles you because the media rather scream controversy than report on actual facts:

It’s not a head scratcher at all, it’s a matter of efficiency.

Counterpoint: The guy doesn’t know the difference between a Model 3 and a Model X.

I never said 5k PC is standard, I custom build my own gaming PCs, mid range and get decent specs for 1k or less. So I’m well aware of how much components costs. 5k price is possible with quad sli of top end cards.

The negative reactions from a loud minority is hardly an indication of a lack of audience.

While it is true that companies make blunders all the time, at same time some thing fail the first time around but are successful later.

It’s even easier for Google to pull off cause a lot of people already have the hardware.

The ones who probably don’t want this fall into 2 categories:

The break even in the US for a US made EV is about 1 year.

They use brushless motors, so they don’t produce ozone. Gas cars do produce ozone though.

Hey, you’d be surprised. Just like that Huawei engineer who stole a robots arm and pleaded it was by accident. I mean who doesn’t accidentally disassemble a robot and accidentally place it in their bag?

The credit applies to PHEVs as well, how would you know how many electric miles they driven and how many gas miles they driven?

It’s not just the going rate of a Tesla that matters, I mean if you want to play that game, most cars sold are used cars. Would you argue that new car sales don’t matter then?

What Tesla did when they released the Roadster in 2008 was to show that decent range EVs are possible. This was a wake up call for everyone to…

Are you talking about the 2016 chart?

The thing is, offering tax breaks is a lot easier than offering rebates. Rebates need to be budgeted, tax breaks do not. It’ll be a lot worse for people if they bought something expecting a rebate only to get nothing because funding wasn’t set aside.

This is the weird thing, the Buy America act requires that government agencies prioritize US made stuff over Chinese made stuff.

There is no place in the US where electric cars are more polluting, hybrids might win in some locations

2040 is too long.

Yes, they are more efficient. There is a reason why they are called “graves on wheels”. Dead people have less emissions than living people after all.

I think you misunderstand the purpose of the incentive. I know people get stuck up on immediate benefits without looking at the long term benefits.