Numerous stores offer VIP parking for electric vehicles-and sometimes a free fill-up of electrons. states open the high-occupancy lanes of their highways to electric cars, even if the car carries a lone driver. Residents can receive a total credit of up to $15 000 for an electric-car purchase and up to $10 000 toward the cost of a personal charging station. The state’s mining interests are salivating at the possibility of shifting automotive transportation from petroleum over to coal. California brings the total credit up to $10 000, and Colorado to $13 500-more than the base price of a brand new Ford Fiesta. Some states offer additional tax incentives. (The average Chevy Volt owner, for example, has an income of $170 000 per year.) federal government provides up to $7500 in tax credits for people who buy plug-in electric vehicles, even though many of them are affluent enough not to need such help. The United Kingdom offers a £5000 Plug-in Car Grant.
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In Canada, for example, the governments of Ontario and Quebec pay drivers up to C $8500 to drive an electric car. Two dozen governments around the world subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles. London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, vibrated to the press over his born-again electric conversion after driving a Tesla Roadster, marveling how the American sports coupe produced “no more noxious vapours than a dandelion in an alpine meadow.” Meanwhile, environmentalists who once stood entirely against the proliferation of automobiles now champion subsidies for companies selling electric cars and tax credits for people buying them. President Obama once dared to envision 1 million electric cars plying U.S.
Bieber joins a growing list of celebrities, environmentalists, and politicians who are leveraging electric cars into green credentials.
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