California’s ambitious statewide electric bicycle incentive program is officially dead – and it didn’t even get a funeral. After years...

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California’s ambitious statewide electric bicycle incentive program is officially dead – and it didn’t even get a funeral. After years…

  • DrCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    So with the remaining $17m that would be 17,000 e-bike. Say that’s about 1/3 the cost of an e-bike (it’s more like 1/2 but some can get very expensive). For the same level of subsidy you only get 680 cars (average $50k, 1/2 subsidy). Unless it’s still a $1k subsidy in which case what’s the point, who will that persuade who wasn’t already going to buy one? So incredibly wasteful