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Govts Should Subsidize Elio, Not Tesla Vehicles

Craig

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elio_curious said:
Yes the Elio looks great if you only look at the CO2 output. I think there have been other threads addressing why Elio doesn't want to go with the Feds for financing.

It's going to be a tricky thing for the Feds to figure out how to tax Telsas like gas cars are taxed via fuel taxes. Maybe by using the "average" gas cars' taxes per mile or something, I dunno.

Also as more solar and wind power plants are built, it will slowly change the USA's CO2 per KWh output. There is also the way gasoline is produced and the waste, pollution, cost of transportation, and politics involved with that process to consider.
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It's going to be a tricky thing for the Feds to figure out how to tax Telsas like gas cars are taxed via fuel taxes.

It's all ready in the works. It's called "Road Tax by the Mile":(
 
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Well, I hate to break your bubble but Elio has ask for subsidies already, and yes he needs them desperately. He has been turned down once and has re applied using a specialist to help with the red tape. Even tho he says he has a backup plan to finance the Elio it is not known what that plan may be. If Elio can get the feds to OK his application for the grant he will make tons of money selling his carbon credits to the big 3 or other company's that have the need. That is where the lenders would look if he has to find money from investors. The profit margin on the Elio start up company is not gonna make it go. Call your Representatives and encourage them to give Elio the grant money. It's available, but Elio is not electric
 
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This discussion is GREAT! Lots of good points raised and good information. It would be interesting to have a comprehensive study that could consider ALL aspects of the battery idea versus the hyper-efficiency idea, evento include the environmental impact of mining all that lithium, and if there even IS enough lithium on the planet to get to mass use of electric vehicles. Sure even hyper efficient vehicles will eventually tap out the oil supply, but it buys time, and I can see better efficiency down the road. Plus there's ethenol to consider, though it's clearly far from perfect too.
A non-biased party would be needed to look into all the aspects of every option, and it IS complicated. There are no perfect options, so we need to know what's the best one to LIVE with for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years...... and on down the road.
 
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