Electric vehicles appeal to conservative buyers sick of gas guzzlers

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13. Didn't follow the details.

But it makes better sense now.

$400/reg seemed wrong, but that's what the media as reported in DU said. Haven't otherwise followed this, since, ya know, even with the federal subsidies I seriously can't afford an EV or installing an EV charger, esp. in a house I'm gradually saying goodbye to because it's way too big and I need to move ... But since my non-resilient son has only ever known this house as home and a fairly recent divorce left him a bit traumatized, I'm reluctant to chuck it and most of his "I don't want to throw it away" crap.

$400/first-time-under-new-law reg, given that most EVs have been around for awhile, seems okay. 2+ reg being lower is reasonable.

That the first-time higher reg is on-going and won't stop next year is a problem, but compromise and nuance aren't BFFs and the TX legislature meets every two years (and with elections nearly as frequent, you can see the time-horizon problem, I'm sure).