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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
None of this affects purchase decisions people make today. People are not buying 2023 MY vehicles factoring in what may or may not happen in 2035. But people are buying enough EVs in 2023 that two of them are in the top 10 list of vehicles purchased. Some (not all) are getting incentives, but incentives are different than being “forced” to buy. Carrot or stick. Incentive is the carrot. Forcing is the stick. I see no sticks motivating buyers to purchase EV in 2023.
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That is indisputable.
But what is also indisputable is that many people are being paid to buy one so those sales numbers are artificially inflated. Where would those same cars be without incentives? We don't know. Therefore it is somewhat disingenuous to use those rankings as proof of how popular EV's are.