Yes, but in case the stars don't align in Congress, remember that procurement directives from two of the world's largest buyers (US and CA) could accomplish much of this w/o legislation.
Add support for e-bikes and cargo e-bikes too.
throw in serious action on home charging and I will sing it to the skies
Here's the tl;dr of the actions we recommend in this piece in case folks don't read it: - weight-based fee for heavy vehicles - shrink EV batteries (which drops weight) - lighten car frames - reduce crashes and make streets safe - ramp up public transport and active transport and housing
The Continuation IRA, since the first one was just Provisional
Make public transport the best option.. cars ruin cities
Wonderfully written. I hope our State legislators in PA, who just passed an EV registration fee that doesn't take into account weight or mileage, are reading it.
I think generally and maybe controversially, there should not be any more subsidies for direct EV adoption beyond the IRA level since the size of the transfers are too high and probably leads to a reduction in welfare policyimpacts.org/research/a-w...
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Podcast Episode · Livable Low-carbon City · 10/15/2022 · 39m
I'd much rather see this handled through safety regulations than through additional incentives! NHTSA (and EPA, for that matter) has the authority to start shrinking car size - what it needs is political support, cultural will, and administrative capacity