Biden extended the incentives ( $7,500 tax credit ) for electrified cars but discontinued ones for Electric Motorcycles.
at first i was shocked to learn this because motorcycles are potentially more efficient than cars and he should be trying to get people to switch from cars to motorcycles.
but then i realized nobody actually replaces cars with motorcycles - people get a motorcycle IN ADDITION to a car, in which case they would get incentive TWICE but still only ride / drive one of them.
the ONLY reason i drive a Plug-in Hybrid was that $7,500 incentive, which essentially covers the extra cost of additional tech in the car, so you get it for free …
on other hand if you get a $25,000 electric motorcycle the government won’t pay ANY of that … not US Federal government anyway …
as such electric motorcycles are currently a non-starter in US …
PHEV Volvo was actually a better value than regular Volvo after the $7,500 incentive because you got AWD and extra 85 hp with the PHEV version all for free after that incentive …
with motorcycles it’s the exact opposite - you pay $25,000 and get the equivalent of a $15,000 gas bike … basically throwing $10,000 away …
needless to say i won’t be getting an electric motorcycle until the feds get their shit together, which realistically will probably never happen …
it makes no sense to subsidize toys …
they subsidize green cars because they know you will buy a car no matter what, and if they don’t subsidize a green one you will simply buy one that isn’t green …
on other hand it is not a given that you will buy a motorcycle thus subsidizing one may actually incentivize you to buy a toy you wouldn’t have bought otherwise … which is dumb
it’s kind of sad …