Most wanted this as the thoughts were "why should we give tax payer money to the rich?"...The debate is it is given as an incentive to advance EV adoption...There are many Tesla owners who could afford Ferraris...
Got to remember half of all EV's are sold to expensive Cali, many do not live single family homes where they can charge...Additionally is the insurance side, $34K Volt, regardless of incentives is going to be much more expensive to insure compared to a $12K Versa...But it looks good politically and if it works out for some low earners, great!Extra incentive to low income family - I agree with others that they probably can't/won't go for new cars anyway - but I see the point of trying to make up for not being able to take full $7500 federal tax credit in those cases.