Tesla's Model Y has the potential to save the world, says TimMullaney
Almost the last thing the world needs is pundits feeding Elon Musk’s sense of grandiosity, but I’ll say it: Tesla’s Model Y, set to be revealed Thursday, may be the car that saves the world.
To understand why, you need to grasp two basic sets of numbers. The first is about where the carbon threatening us comes from. The second is learning just a little about what electric cars cost, and how fast they will become as cheap as traditional cars and SUVs, when subsidies will become obsolete. As things stand now, the utilities will get there, but the cars probably won’t. Both could use a shove from policy, and cars really need it.
Subsidies for both forms of carbon reduction are slated to go away too soon. In the case of electric cars, Tesla’s $7,500-a-car tax credit for buyers has already been cut in half, and will likely go away completely by year-end.Yes, I’ve written that EVs will be as cheap as internal combustion engines by 2022 to 2027, and that 200-plus EV models will hit showrooms over the next few years.
The public-policy goal is to get people out of RAV4s and CR-Vs that get 26 or 28 miles per gallon, let alone Toyota Highlanders and Honda Pilots that get 21 or 20, in favor of EVs that can run carbonless on wind or solar electricity. .
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